How many Jews were saved by the Catholic Church during World War II?

Question

Which answer is correct?

A) 860,000, if not more.
B) Only a handful.
C) None; everyone knows the Catholic Church was in league with the Nazis!

The correct answer is A.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/piusdef.html

Answer 1

A) after all, those hiding the Jews and helping them out of Germany were Catholic and Christians. Many got out to freedom thanks to brave souls who put their life on the line to help the Jews.

Answer 2

i don't know why everybody is going nuts over what the Catholic Church did in WW II. Any church won't be able to circulate against any united states. The church did say sorry for not doing something. yet no non secular church can ever declare conflict on any united states under any reason. The church observed this doctorine after the wars in Jerusalem and the midsection a while. yet for each and each of people who love historic previous. many human beings not priest or representatives of the church have been placed in capacity of the church in that area. The Vatican did not shop song of each and every bishop placed international, like they are in a position to now. and that they have got been responsible for many murders of harmless human beings. many human beings have been killed interior the call of God. yet each and every faith has killed harmless human beings interior the call of God.

Answer 3

This is a quote of a artical I found on the web.

Pope Pius XII (1939-1958), as Secretary of State to Pius XI and as pope, faced Nazi Germany with a remarkable consistency. The Nazis considered him an implacable foe,1 and he was hailed both during and after World War II as the strongest voice – often the only voice – speaking out in Europe against the Nazi terror.2 The Church under his leadership is credited with saving more Jewish lives in the face of the Holocaust than any other agency, government or entity at the time.3 Pius’ combination of diplomatic pressure, careful but sustained criticism while maintaining an essential Vatican neutrality in war-torn Europe, as well as direct action through his nuncios and the local Church where possible, saved what some have estimated as 860,000 Jewish lives.4 If that estimate is accurate by only half, it remains a historic effort for a Church fighting without weapons against the most horrific campaign of genocide the world had yet seen.

Answer 4

C and then B. They were in league with the Nazis until the Nazis started losing then the Catholic Church took in a handful of Jews to try to say look we tried to save them.

Answer 5

I think B). And it a says "church" not "catholics"

Answer 6

I would answer C, but another question to ask is "how many Jehovah's Witnesses did Christendom save from Hitlers concentation camps? They were imprisoned along with the Jews for their refusal to renounce their God Jehovah and to join Hitlers army.

Answer 7

A - without a doubt.