“Pius X”

Exclusive Book & Movie Reviews: Pius XII: Saint or Sinner? Hitler's Pope:
The Secret History of Pius XII by John Cornwell, Viking; 1999; $29.99

Review of the book Pius XII: Saint or Sinner? exploring the controversy over the wartime behavior of the pope... read article

Pope Pius XII

A biography of Eugenio Pacelli who became Pope Pius XII and his behavior during the Holocaust... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Pope Pius XII & the Holocaust

Article discussing the controversy over what Pope Pius XII did and did not do during the Holocaust to protest Nazi atrocities and rescue Jews... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: A Question of Judgment - Pius XII & the Jews

Dr. Joseph L. Lichten was a long-time proponent of mutual understanding and cooperation between the Catholic and Jewish communities in the United States and Europe. In 1963, while serving as director of the International Affairs Department for the Anti-Defamation League, he wrote this monograph published by the National Catholic Welfare Conference, forerunner of the United States Catholic Conference. It is reproduced here in its entirety... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: The Controversy over the Alleged Silence of Pope Pius XII in World War II

An article written by a Christian scholar discussing the controversy over the wartime behavior of Pope Pius XII which is more sympathetic to the pope... read article

Pope Pius XII Saved Hundreds of Jews

Report on a study by Dominiek Oversteyns documenting efforts by Pope Pius XII to save Jews and making the case that he did much more than his critics say... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: 860,000 Lives Saved - The Truth About Pius XII & the Jews

People often ask: why did Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli, not speak out more forcefully against Hitler? Historian Fr Dermot Fenlon of the Birmingham Oratory looks at the facts and sets the record straight. The answer is recounted by a former inmate of Dachau, Mgr Jean Bernard, later Bishop of Luxembourg: "The detained priests trembled every time news reached us of some protest by a religious authority, but particularly by the Vatican. We all had the impression that our warders made us atone heavily for the fury these protests evoked ..... read article

Defenses of Pius XII Table of Contents

List of articles defending the behavior of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust... read article

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Policies of Pope Pius XI as it relates to Jews... read article

Pius XII

Brief entry on Pope Pius XII and his policy toward Jews and Israel... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Historians Discover Nazi-Era Notes of Future Pope Pius XII

Hubert Wolf of the University of Muenster is leading a team of German historians who are studying the papacy’s response to the Nazis. They have have found notes in the Vatican secret archives written between 1930 and 1939 by Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, who became Pope Pius XII in 1939, indicating that Vatican officials were very well informed about world events up to 1939. “I would say that when the British and U.S... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Pope Pius XII Underestimated His Influence

Document written by the British Ambassador to the Vatican recounting a conversation he had with Pope Pius XII months before the Allies liberated Italy... read article

Address Of Pope Pius XII To Members Of Congress

Address by Pope Pius XII to members of Congress during World War II regarding the duty of legislators to endure freedom of religion and other human rights... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Pope Pius XII’s Radio Broadcast on War’s End

Here at last we behold the end of this war, which, during almost six years, has held Europe in the grip of the most atrocious suffering and most bitter sorrow A cry of humble and ardent gratitude arises from the very depths of our heart to "the Father of Mercies and the God of All Consolation... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Pope Pius XII Encyclical - "On Prayers For Peace In Palestine"

To the Venerable Brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. 1... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Pope Pius XII Encyclical - "On The Holy Places In Palestine"

To the Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries m Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. 1. The Passion of Our Redeemer, rendered present, as it were to us during these days of Holy Week, makes the minds of Christians turn with deepest reverence to that land which Divine Providence willed to be the cherished home-country of the Word Incarnate, and in which Christ Jesus lived His earthly life, shed His blood and died... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Pope Pius XII Urges a Charitable Peace

The prompt devotion with which, beloved sons and daughters, you have come here in great numbers from every part of Rome, our Episcopal See, affords a living testimony to your willing response to the exhortation which the Church addresses to all the faithful on Passion Sunday. Would that you would hear His voice today (Psalm 94, 7)... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Pope Pius XII's Easter Message in Vatican City

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Christmas Message of Pope Pius XII in 1944

Transcript of the Christmas message of Pope Pius XII in 1944... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Preliminary Report on the Vatican During the Holocaust

Preface The International Catholic-Jewish Historical Commission (Historical Commission) is comprised of a group of three Catholic and three Jewish scholars appointed, respectively, by the Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews (Holy See’s Commission) and the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC), to whom we are submitting this preliminary report... read article