Pius XII Movie
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:29 AM
As this Rome Reports video indicates, Pope Pius XII was anything but “Hitler’s Pope,” as claimed calumniously a few years ago by British writer John Cornwell (actually, even Cornwell himself subsequently acknowledged the historical evidence disproves that scurrilous claim).
In fact, Hitler had no use for the Church or for its wartime leader, and even conspired to kidnap Pius XII during the... READ MORE
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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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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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Father Gumpel on Pius XII
Posted by Edward Pentin
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:53 AM
Pius XII (CNS)
The following article will be published in a future issue of the Register:
Defending the Popes — Pius XII and Benedict XVI
Investigative Judge for Pope’s Cause Sheds Light on Recent Flap With Jewish Leaders
BY EDWARD PENTIN
REGISTER CORRESPONDENT
VATICAN CITY — The cause for canonization of Pope Pius XII ran into some controversy last week when Jesuit Father Peter Gumpel, the... READ MORE
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Hitler’s Plot Against Pius
Posted by Edward Pentin
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:08 PM
Adolf Hitler (wikipedia)
There have long been rumors that Adolf Hitler wanted to kidnap or kill Pope Pius XII. In 1972, former SS General Karl Wolf referred to such a plan in a meeting he said he had with the wartime Pope on May 10, 1944. However, Wolf’s story could never be verified.
But now the Italian bishops’ newspaper Avvenire — and later L’Osservatore Romano — have reported today about “more... 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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Pius XII and Yad Vashem
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, March 09, 2009 8:03 AM
Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev (l.) and Vatican Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco. (yadvashem.org)
A two-day workshop reviewing the state of research regarding Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust wraps up this afternoon in Jerusalem.
Let’s hope it can help dispel some of the false claims about Pius that have deceived many Jews into believing that the wartime Pope, who was regarded as a hero after the Second World War by Jewish leaders for his efforts to save Jews from the Holocaust, didn’t do... READ MORE
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