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Jun 7, 2022 · Jun 7, 2022 6:35 PM EDT. Leave your feedback. Transcript Audio. A series of recently opened Vatican archives are shedding new light on the relationship between Pope Pius XII and Hitler as...
May 5, 2020 · 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...
May 31, 2022 · May 31, 2022. In August 1939, as he was finalizing plans for the invasion of Poland, Adolf Hitler was also engaged in negotiations with Pope Pius XII so delicate that not even the German...
Background. Two Popes served through the Nazi period: Pope Pius XI (1922–1939) and Pope Pius XII (1939–1958). The Holy See strongly criticized Nazism through the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s, with Cardinal Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) being a particularly outspoken critic. [15]
Apr 29, 2020 · Pope Pius XII was silent during the Holocaust. Now Vatican records may reveal whether he collaborated with the Nazis.
Aug 29, 2020 · August 29, 20207:56 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday. Sylvia Poggioli. 3-Minute Listen. Playlist. New revelations emerge from the long-secret Vatican archive about what Pope Pius XII...
Oct 9, 2023 · Later, from September 1943 until June 1944, when Nazi-Germany occupied Rome, Pius XII was literally a hostage of Hitler, who ordered the arrest or even the assassination of the Pope in the very moment he speaks out in favour of the Jews.
A researcher has uncovered Vatican transcripts that show Pius XII negotiated with Adolf Hitler. He also cites documentation that the Vatican ordered that files regarding German priests who had ...
May 27, 2022 · Massimo Berruti for The New York Times. The current pope, Francis, said “the church is not afraid of history,” when in 2019 he ordered the archives of Pius XII opened.
Jun 7, 2022 · A series of recently opened Vatican archives are shedding new light on the relationship between Pope Pius XII and Hitler as he led Nazi Germany during World War II. A new book takes a...
