One wonders if, in the whole history of the Church, there has been a Pope as unfairly maligned as Pope Pius XII. The heroic efforts of Pius XII to save Jews from the holocaust were praised by Golda Meir, Albert Einstein and the government of Israel, and yet the man who did more "than all the other world leaders and religious leaders combined" continues to be slandered. But "truth is the daughter of time" and the story is finally being told.
From Catholic World News
Jewish conference organizer: Pius ‘saved more Jews than all the other world leaders and religious leaders combined’
As a 3-day conference on Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust concludes in Rome, John Allen speaks with organizer Gary Krupp, who concludes that Pius XII "saved more Jews than all the other world leaders and religious leaders combined." Vatican Radio interviews the keeper of the archives of the late Father Robert Graham (1912-97), the Jesuit historian and defender of Pope Pius.
In a message to conference participants, Pope Benedict XVI called attention to the "vast quantity of documented material" showing the "organized assistance to the Jewish people" by "this noble Pope."
Source(s): these links will take you to other sites, in a new window.
- John Allen: American Jew comes to the defense of Pius XII (National Catholic Reporter)
- True legacy of Pope Pius XII (Vatican Radio)
- Papal message: Understanding the historical truth about Pius XII (VIS)
- Jewish leader says Pope Pius XII has been demonized falsely (Sept. 16 CWN News Brief)
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