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The papacy of Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) began on 2 March 1939 and continued to 9 October 1958, covering the period of the Second World War and the Holocaust, during which millions of Jews were murdered by Adolf Hitler 's Germany. [1] Before becoming pope, Cardinal Pacelli served as a Vatican diplomat in Germany and as Vatican Secretary of ...
Pope Pius XII led the Catholic Church during the tumult of World War II, but his silence on the fate of the millions of Jews killed during the Holocaust has clouded his legacy with controversy ...
Documents that have been newly unearthed from long-secret Vatican archives shed light on the silence of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust. And NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports they also reveal the ...
What has to be rewritten is the “black legend” of the silent and disinterested Pope which was originally promoted by Rolf Hochhuth in his 1963 play “The Deputy” and lately recycled by David Kertzer in his 2022 book “The Pope at War”. Today we know that Pius XII. not only mentioned the horrible fate of the Jews in three public ...
Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican archives that conflicts with the Holy ...
Pius XII was Pope from 1939 to 1958. The Vatican has opened its archives on the wartime papacy of Pius XII, kept secret for decades amid accusations that he turned a blind eye to the Holocaust ...
Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) personally saved at least 15,000 Jews, and knew early about the Holocaust, says German historian Michael Feldkamp, who offers proof from his findings in the Vatican archives. He says Pius XII sent a report on the Holocaust to the American government shortly after the Wannsee Conference, but they did not believe him.
Reporting from Rome. Sept. 16, 2023. A letter found among the private papers of Pope Pius XII suggests that the Holy See was told in 1942 that up to 6,000 people, “above all Poles and Jews ...
Pope Francis opened the Vatican archives on Pope Pius XII in March. Vatican officials have always insisted Pope Pius XII did everything possible to save Jewish lives during World War II. But many ...
Pius XII was Pope from 1939 to 1958. The Vatican has opened its archives on the wartime papacy of Pius XII, kept secret for decades amid accusations that he turned a blind eye to the Holocaust ...
In the decades since World War II, controversy has swirled around the legacy of Pope Pius XII, who sat at the head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958. Critics have claimed that he was ...
Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in ...
ROME — Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each ...
Saperstein criticized Pope Pius XII for war crime denunciations deprived of “bite” by “diplomatic and theological verbiage.”. Still, Saperstein insisted “from personal experience” as a ...
The public statements of Pope Pius XII on the Holocaust, or lack thereof, are one of the most controversial elements of the historical debate about Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust. Pius XII's statements have been scrutinized as much, if not more, than his actions during the same period. Pius XII's statements, both public and private, are quite ...
Documents reveal the private discussions behind both Pope Pius XII’s silence about the Nazi deportation of Rome’s Jews in 1943 and the Vatican’s postwar support for the kidnapping of two ...
In multiplicibus curis is a peace encyclical of Pope Pius XII focusing on the war in Palestine. It was given at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, October 24, 1948, the tenth year of his Pontificate. When war was declared, the Pope maintained the attitude of impartiality but also looked for possibilities for justice and peace in Palestine and for the ...
Even the new Holocaust Museum in New York unjustly criticized Pope Pius XII for being silent during World War II. The Church has recently spoken on this topic. The Israeli consul, Pinchas E ...
Accessed 8 November 2024. Pius XII - WWII, Holocaust, Pope: Unable to stop the spread of war, Pius—the first pope to use radio extensively—made a series of Christmas broadcasts in which he returned to a number of themes raised by Benedict XV during World War I. In them he looked forward to a new world order that would supersede the selfish ...
Pope Pius XII’s (1876-1958) actions during the Holocaust remain controversial. For much of the war, he maintained a public front of indifference and remained silent while German atrocities were committed. He refused pleas for help on the grounds of neutrality while making statements condemning injustices in general.