
Pope Francis Recalls Powerful Message from Pius XII 70 Years Later
In his 'Proclamation for a Better World,' as it came to be known, Venerable Pius XII exhorted his “beloved children” to take action.
In his 'Proclamation for a Better World,' as it came to be known, Venerable Pius XII exhorted his “beloved children” to take action.
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Eight different testimonies reveal how Pius XII asked at least 49 convents to hide and house Jews, and declared those convents to be extraterritorial areas under the authority of the Vatican, Oversteyns found.
The material, previously unseen by the public, was opened March 2 during the first surge of the coronavirus pandemic and covers the years 1939-1958.
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Most attention has focused on what they might reveal about the Pope’s actions and attitudes toward the Jews during World War II, but a Vatican conference ahead of today’s opening highlighted other areas of interest.
Shortly after 8pm on Nov. 5, 1943, a small, non-descript plane dropped five bombs onto the Vatican.
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Two years before he became pope, Cardinal Pacelli told a Paris gathering to avoid the “gesture of Lucifer,” and declared that it is the “substance of Christianity, the very substance of religion, that is at stake.”
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