“Silence is golden”: Vatican archivist defends Pope Pius XII’s response to the Holocaust
Vatican CityRNS For decades, historians have argued over the role played by the Vatican and Pope Pius XII in the persecution of Jews during the German Third Reich and the Second World War. Johan Ickx, director of the Vatican archives, defends Pius, saying the Pope chose to remain silent even as he instructed clergy around […]
Holocaust memorial chairman thanks Pope for opening archives
Vatican CityAP The chairman of Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial said he thanked Pope Francis on Thursday for giving scholars access to the Holy See’s World War II-era archives. Dani Dayan, who met with Francis at the Vatican, said the pontiff described the archives’ opening as “an issue of justice.” Francis visited the memorial during a […]
Catholic Church: Wartime Vatican archive shows how much Pius knew about the Holocaust, says researcher
TOM HENEGAN, writing for Religion News Service, reports on what researchers have found so far with regard to the role of Pope Pius XII during World War II following the opening of the Vatican Archives…
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 […]