The conference, titled “New Documents from the Pontificate of Pope Pius XII and their Meaning for Jewish- Christian Relations,” will take place in Rome Oct. 9-11.

Pope Pius XII appears behind microphones during a radio broadcast from the Vatican in November 1947. The Pope commended the American people for their efforts to save food for war-torn Europe.

FILE - President Truman's envoy to the Vatican, Myron C. Taylor, left, has an audience with Pope Pius XII at Castelgandolfo near Rome, on Aug. 26, 1947.

FILE - President Truman's envoy to the Vatican, Myron C. Taylor, left, has an audience with Pope Pius XII at Castelgandolfo near Rome, on Aug. 26, 1947.

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