Posts Tagged: Pope Pius XII
Letter Shows Pope Pius XII Probably Knew about Holocaust Early On
Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found...
Don’t Whitewash the Shameful Holocaust Record of Pope Pius XII
Some Catholic media outlets have recently been posting articles about how Pope Pius XII was not as passive in the face of the genocide of...
The Vatican Opens Its Wartime Archive
JNS.org - One of the most persistent and controversial debates about the history of World War II concerns the role of the Catholic Church during...
No ‘Smoking Gun’ in Wartime Archives of Pius XII on Holocaust, Vatican Says
The Vatican will on March 2 open up its archives on the wartime pontificate of Pius XII to allow scholars to probe accusations that he...
Church ‘Not Afraid of History’: Pope Francis to Open Secret Pius XII Archives
Saying the "Church is not afraid of history," Pope Francis announced on Monday he plans to open fully the Vatican's secret archives on the wartime...
Vatican to Open Secret Archives of Wartime Pontiff Pius XII
Pope Francis announced on Monday that he has decided to open fully the Vatican's secret archives on the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII, something...
Jewish Leaders Welcome New Vatican Document on Jewish-Catholic Relations
Jewish leaders celebrated a new Vatican document discussing Catholic-Jewish relations, in light of the 50th anniversary of the Holy See's adoption of the Nostra Aetate. Rabbi...
Commmmorating Nostra Aetate, Chief Rabbi and Cardinal Call for Unity Against Persecution, Brutality
Two prominent religious leaders, a Jew and a Catholic, marked the 50th commemoration of the formative Nostra Aetate proclamations, by calling on more faiths to form close working...
Prominent New York Rabbis Relish Pope’s Yom Kippur Visit
Pope Francis's landing in the United States on Tuesday marks a date just a few weeks shy of the 50th anniversary of the Vatican's adoption of the Nostra...
EXCLUSIVE: SWC Rabbi Takes on Jerusalem Cardinal Over Papal Trip, Says Herzl Grave Visit Was Break From Church Doctrine
Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center, on Thursday took Jerusalem Cardinal Edwin O'Brien to task after...
Australian Politician: ‘Jewish Lobby’ Controls Image of Nazi-Era Pope Pius XII
JNS.org - Jewish groups and Israeli leaders have criticized former Australian deputy prime minister Tim Fischer for saying that the "Jewish lobby" has unfairly treated...
Jewish Leaders Praise Pope Benedict Following Retirement Announcement
Pope Benedict XVI's announcement Monday that he is planning to retire on February 28th, the first time a sitting pope will have stepped aside since...
