Zone1 Pope Pius XII's efforts to save Jewish people during WWII

[Votar Roja]

VATICANO - 2023-10-15 - A WARTIME POPE’S QUEST TO SAVE JEWISH PEOPLE

Learn about Pope Pius XII's efforts to save Jewish people during WWII, the new encyclical "Laudato Deum", and Blessed Carlo Acutis.

 

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Historical Dishonesty​

Historical Dishonesty

Anyone engaged in Catholic apologetics must be prepared to answer questions about the moral guidance provided by Pope Pius XII during World War II.

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Several years ago, a colleague at work made the bold charge, “Well you know, Pope Pius XII was a Nazi.” He was serious.
I had not previously heard of this controversy. I went to the public library and found a book that looked like it might answer this question. Instead, it only said that Pope Pius XII had provided “ambiguous” leadership during World War II. I wanted to know more.

I found accounts written during and after the war that praised Pius for his brave resistance to Hitler’s National Socialists. I found tributes written at the time of his death noting the support he gave to Jewish victims of the Nazis. I also found analysis—most of it written 20 or more years after the end of the war—suggesting that Pius did not do enough to help Jews.

Had my interest in Pius XII been sparked within the last year instead of eight or nine years ago, I probably would have turned first to John Cornwell’s book, Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pope Pius XII (Viking Press, 1999). Without further research on my part, the book might have convinced me that the accusations were true—and that would have been a serious injustice.

Hitler’s Pope advanced the myth created in 1963 by Rolf Hochhuth’s stage play The Deputy that Pius did not oppose the Nazis. Cornwell’s book has become a bestseller, and media coverage of it has further shaped America’s opinion about the wartime pope. Anyone engaged in Catholic apologetics must be prepared to answer questions about the moral guidance provided by Pope Pius XII during World War II. In particular, one must be prepared to answer questions raised by Cornwell’s book.

 

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I am surprised I did not get some Leftist nonsense on this one