Official Church Publications: What Did the Church Have to Say? Before the Second World War erupted the Holy See published the encyclical “With burning anxiety”, written largely by Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli at the behest of Pope Pius XI. This...
What was the Holocaust? These days people often use the term “holocaust” to refer to any genocide, but that is incorrect. The answer to the question “What was the Holocaust?” is simple: the Holocaust was the systematic and deliberate attempt to exterminate the Jewish...
Seeing Pope Pius XII in a Different Light: From Saint to Villain? During WWII and in subsequent years, all the way to his death in 1958, Pope Pius XII was praised for his compassion and work to save Jews during the Holocaust. Many Jewish leaders praised him publicly....
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