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Pope Francis puts Jews’ desperate wartime appeals to Pope Pius XII online

Vatican archives Pius XII

Vatican CityRNS After opening its trove of Pius XII’s papers to scholars in 2020, the Vatican is making available to the public almost 40,000 files containing appeals by Jews fearing Nazi persecution for help from the wartime Pope. The decision, announced on Thursday, follows reports by researchers and academics suggesting that the controversial Pope prioritised […]