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 ...

Curiously, it was Italy’s Jews who first led me to work in the ... Eugenio Pacelli would take the name Pius XII, honoring the man at whose bedside he had recently wept. From “The Pope and Mussolini: ...

Most recently, scholars have been flocking to the archive to read through the documents of the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, the wartime ... about the creation of a Jewish state.

During the times of the Nazi regime, about 15,000 Jewish people from all over Europe asked Pope Pius XII and the Vatican for help. The petitions submitted were authored by women and men, by children ...

Many welcomed his opening of the documents concerning Pope Pius XII’s leadership and silences during the Holocaust — Pius never publicly condemned the Nazi genocide against the Jews.

Pope Pius XII was reviled for his silence in the face of Nazism during and after World War II, and was thus often dubbed "Hitler's Pope." However, a new book, "Church of Spies" by Mark Riebling ...

Visit the homepage for more information. It is generally held by scholars that Pope Pius XII made very significant and notable contributions to Marian theology, public piety and devotion to Our Lady.