Pius XII at Yad Vashem?
Posted by Edward Pentin
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:19 AM
Benedict visits Yad Vashem last May. (CNS/Reuters)
From an article published in tomorrow’s edition of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano:
The Pave the Way Foundation, a U.S. institution dedicated to promoting world peace through dialogue among religions, has formally requested to have Eugenio Pacelli (Pope Pius XII) recognized as a “Righteous Among the Nations” and then placed on a list in the famous Garden of the Righteous at Yad... READ MORE
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'Avenging' the Holocaust
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:00 PM
U.S. Sen. Alben Barkley views Holocaust victims at Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945. (wikipedia)
In a powerful speech delivered this weekend in Krakow, Poland, at an ecumenical meeting sponsored by Sant’Egidio in commemoration of the Holocaust, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau opened by recalling comments made to him by Pope John Paul II in 1993.
Another speaker at the Krakow event was Rev. Joshua Dubois, executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.... READ MORE
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Hitler’s State Department?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, August 14, 2009 12:22 PM
Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933-1944.
According to CatholicCulture.org, the Aug. 14 issue of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano contains an article by Raffaele Alessandri that is strongly critical of the failure of the U.S. State Department to take actions to help Jews after it learned of the Holocaust in 1942.
Reports Catholic Culture, “Blasting the ‘radically false’ characterization of Pope Pius XII as... READ MORE
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KGB Smeared Pius XII
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, May 11, 2009 11:55 AM
This Rome Reports video explains how the Soviet Union’s spy agency manufactured claims that wartime Pope Pius XII abandoned Jews to the Nazi Holocaust.
It’s based on this January 2007 National Review Online article written by Ion Mihai Pacepa, a former senior Soviet spy.
The article is useful background information to reference during Pope Benedict XVI’s trip this week to Israel, during... READ MORE
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Catholics Who Saved Jews
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:44 PM
Last week New York City honored a Polish Catholic hero for his efforts to save Jews from the Holocaust.
Like Oskar Schindler and Irena Sendler, Jan Karski was a Catholic who risked his life in the cause of saving Jewish lives.
It’s especially timely that New York City has just recognized Karski’s heroism by renaming the intersection of Madison Avenue and East 37th Street in Manhattan as... READ MORE
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The Female Schindler
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, April 17, 2009 9:32 AM
On Sunday, CBS is airing Hallmark Hall of Fame’s The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler. While not a household name, she should be as well known as Schindler. Sendler was a Polish Catholic credited with saving the lives of 2,500 Jewish children during World War II.
Using a network of largely female social workers and others, she smuggled children out of Warsaw’s Jewish Ghetto to safety.... READ MORE
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Document: Pius Helped Jews
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:32 AM
Pope Pius XII (CNS)
More confirmation that Pope Pius XII sought to save Jews from the Holocaust has been disclosed.
Catholic News Service reports today that a document has been found in a Rome convent confirming Pius XII instructed Church institution to harbor Jews fleeing arrest by Nazi authorities.
Jesuit Father Peter Gumpel, the relator of Pius XII’s sainthood cause, found the document, CNS reported.
“The... READ MORE
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