Okay, forgive me for this lengthy post, but SOMEONE has to counter the lies people have been posting about Pope Pius XII, and as usual, its me. Please read this:
Why did Pope Pius not use the bully pulpit of the papacy to denounce Hitler and the Nazis? The Pope knew well that any of his acts or comments might bring retaliation against him, the Catholic clergy, and the laity in Germany and every occupied nation.
The U.S. counsel at the Nuremberg war trials, Dr. Robert M.W. Kempner, wrote, "Every propaganda move of the Catholic Church against Hitler’s reich would have been not only ‘provoking suicide’. . . but would have hastened the execution of still more Jews and priests." German field marshal Albert Kesselring testified: "If [Pius XII] did not protest, he failed to do so because he told himself, quite rightly, ‘If I protest, Hitler will be driven to madness—not only will that not help the Jews, but we must expect that they will then be killed all the more.’"
2007-10-26
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