By Alexandra Moyen | The Tablet

Victor Mooney, a Catholic inspired by Pope Francis’ five-day pilgrimage to Poland, returned home June 16 after completing a nearly 700-mile cycling journey to raise awareness about antisemitism.

Mooney visited key historical sites tied to the Holocaust, including the former Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz-Birkenau and Majdanek. As he was biking around the perimeter of Auschwitz, he noticed the barbed wire and what was left of the crematoriums, and described feeling the need to stop for a moment of reflection and pay his respects to the victims.