Pius’ actions during the Holocaust have been the subject of debate for decades. (JTA) — A newly uncovered letter provides the strongest evidence yet that Pope Pius XII knew about the Nazi ...

The Israeli consul, Pinchas E. Lapide, in his book, Three Popes and the Jews (New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1967) critically examines Pope Pius XII. According to his research, the Catholic ...

The Vatican has produced another document to bolster its assertion that Pope Pius XII worked behind the scenes to save Jews during World War II. ROME (JTA) — The Vatican has produced another ...

The question of the role of Pope Pius XII is obviously a contentious issue with differing views not only between Jews and Catholics but among Catholic scholars themselves. It would have been ...

The currently-held view among most Jews is that Pius XII was the Silent Pope who was afraid to take a stand against Hitler’s annihilation of Jews. Pius XII ultimately became “Hitler’s Pope.” ...

Overnight, Jewish children were ejected from public schools ... Eugenio Pacelli would take the name Pius XII, honoring the man at whose bedside he had recently wept. From “The Pope and Mussolini: The ...

Pius XII, Bishop Pagano said, stating they cannot “privilege” one over another. But many people, especially Jewish scholars, will be interested in what the archives might reveal about the ...

(ANSA) - Rome, April 23 - A collection of documents that could shed new light on the role of controversial wartime pope Pius XII in helping Jews is set to be opened up to scholars. Some of the ...