JEWISH-CATHOLIC RELATIONS: HOPES A GIFT OF PHOTOS FROM A PAPAL CORONATION WILL OPEN A PATH FOR HEALING
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from the US…
ESSAY: RELEASING VATICAN WORLD WAR II ARCHIVES REMOVES AN OBSTACLE TO CATHOLIC-JEWISH PEACE
A JAMES RUDIN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, welcomes Pope Francis’ announcement that the Vatican archives covering the reign of Pope Pius XII will finally be opened…
Church “not afraid of history’: Pope Francis to open secret Pius XII archives
Vatican CityReuters 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 pontificate of Pope Pius XII, a historic move that Jews have sought for decades. Many Jews say Pius, who reigned from 1939 to 1958, did not do enough to help those facing […]