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What do you make of Pope Benedict XVI saying that Pope Pius XII worked secretly to save the Jews from Hitler?

8 Responses to “What do you make of Pope Benedict XVI saying that Pope Pius XII worked secretly to save the Jews from Hitler?”

  • Shinigami (FAC):

    So what did Benedict XV do for my people? He let Stalin slaughter everyone behind the iron curtain by declaring "neutrality" of the Vatican.

    The only reason this is an issue with Pius XII, and I have to say it, but the Jewish people spoke up and made a stink about it.

    So if no one speaks up against the non-involvement of the Vatican in many issues concerning genocide, then the Vatican is relieved. They certainly knew about Rwanda before hand because the Virgin appeared there and told them that this would happen.

    Like what’s up with the Vatican?
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  • The Doctor: Atheists for Obama:

    Being one of Hitler’s Youths, Benny boy must have been peeved.
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  • TJ for Catholic Common Sense:

    I’m certainly willing to consider any new evidence that sheds light on this issue. I would have to read more about it, see exactly what this new research entails.

    Even if it is true, I would’ve liked to have seen Pope Pius make more public statements, to tell you the truth. I think a Pope should be courageous, even to the point of risking his own life. This new evidence may help a little, but I think most people are like me in wanting their Pope to be outspoken about justice.
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  • simon T:

    If they have new documents, that prove to be genuine and indicate that Pius XII did more than was previously known, then I will revise my opinion.

    Going of the current information that I have Pius worked very secretly and very silently indeed. So secretly and silently that it looked like he was having zero effect at all.

    I still wonder what would have happened if he had come out and directly called the Nazis on this. From my point of view, to know that this is happening, but to ignore it is immoral. We can argue the toss on whether by being able to operate within Germany allowed sympathetic priests to help the Jews, or whether coming out and condemning the Final Solution would have opened up enough German’s eyes to see that their Fuhrer was not their savior, but a small-minded, xenophobic lunatic.

    While many Catholic priests definitely did help smuggle Jews out of Germany and the occupied lands I see no indication that this was anything but a personal/local effort. There were also some that happily handed over names and people to the Germans.

    We will have to see what is made of these new documents.
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  • rememberthecole:

    It is a crock of bull.

    The Pope was more interested in protecting the Catholic Church in Germany than anything else. He even made a deal with Hitler.

    The Pope did not do a think when the Germans started rounding up the Jews within sight of the Vatican.

    The Pope was wrong then and the Pope is wrong now.
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    Hitler’s Pope. Its a book. Read it.

  • somatist:

    I believe the Bible. That church IS the woman that controls the reins of the beast. History shows that church HAD the government persecute and murder people during the Inquisition. God calls that church’s cooperation with governments "fornication". This is just their latest attempt at plausible deniability. This many years after the events, I DON’T BELIEVE IT.
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  • Keith R:

    Right how many Catholics fort for Mussolini 10 million 20 million?
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  • Tahuti:

    Pius 12 was doing what he could, which was be 2 faced. He had one face for the Germans incase they won the war, he had to find a place for his flock so he wouldn’t lose all his power, and one moral face where he worked in secret to help humans in trouble. If the first face found out about the 2nd, he would go with the Germans, since it seemed like they would win the war.
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