“There has been a shift of late regarding Pius XII,” historian William Doino told CNA. The wartime pontiff has often been ...

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 ...

When Pope Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli, died in 1958, the debate over his silence during the Holocaust had already spanned continents and consciences. By then, the State of Israel, the Anti-Defamation ...

A snapshot of the papacies of the 11 modern popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed Pope Pius IX.

Pave the Way Foundation helps foster mutual understanding and peace among religions. It was this work that brought ...

The move has the potential to set back Jewish-Catholic relations, which was strained by Pope Pius XII. The Pontiff during World War II, he is accused by some historians of failing to speak out ...

As notable books and, indeed, the Vatican’s own archives, which Francis opened completely for scholars, indicate, Pius knew ...

Pp. xx, 314. Illus., notes, biblio., index. $34.99. ISBN: 0312604211 Hitler’s Pope or the Jews’ Pope? Since shortly after his death, Pope Pius XII (r. 1939-1958), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni ...

Francis also strongly defended the record of Pope Pius XII, who served as pope during the Holocaust. Critics accuse Pius of ...

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 ...

In a recent interview with Israeli media outlet Maariv, former Israeli Ambassador to Italy, Dror Eydar, accused the late Pope ...

A portrait of Pope Pius XII (1876-1958), head of the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death, who, during World War II, and while European Jews were being exterminated by the Nazis, was accused ...