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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Two Opinions on Yad Vashem
Posted by Daily Blog
Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:36 PM
Benedict watches as Vatican representatives lay a wreath at Yad Vashem. (CNS/Reuters)
Posted by Register Holy Land correspondent Michele Chabin:
In a New York Times forum, several prominent Jews weighed in on Pope Benedict’s speech at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial earlier this week. Some Jews felt the speech was too impersonal, given that the Pope is German-born and, by his own admission, was a member of the Nazi Youth movement, if only on paper and only because he... 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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