Many were given forged documents to escape their country and also hidden inside Chruches and Catholic homes. Thousands of Jews were hidden within the Vatican itself and even the Pope's own home.
The Pope initiated all this by writting an encyclical that urged all Catholic Germans to resist the Nazis.
2007-02-05 07:09:56 · 8 answers · asked by Dysthymia 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I thought that Golda Meir (Former PM of Isreal) attributed a number of 800,000 to Pope Pius' personal intervention. Was it really only 700,000?
Still a big number anyways, I guess. :)
2007-02-05 07:16:20 · answer #1 · answered by Zindo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thank you!
I have been trying to tell people here that the Pope did help a lot of Jews and saved them.
God Bless You
2007-02-05 15:19:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Pope's silence resulted in the death of millions of Jews.
Books have been written about this.
On the other hand, it is certainly true that individual Catholics risked their lives to save Jews, and the world is indebted to then for these efforts.
2007-02-06 11:32:26 · answer #3 · answered by Ivri_Anokhi 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do you know how long it took the Catholics to come around? Saving 700,000 Jews the day before the war ends is no incredible feat.
2007-02-05 15:16:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
SO? This only proves that some Catholics in the world are human... What is your point?
2007-02-05 15:14:01 · answer #5 · answered by XX 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
well Muslims claim they did the same thing in North Africa.
Is not it ironic that we need to advertise acting as human?
God bless
2007-02-05 16:44:07 · answer #6 · answered by Temsah 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That Pope was also supposed to castigate Hitler for what he was doing, but he chickened out.
2007-02-05 15:15:38 · answer #7 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, too bad they remained formally silent on the matter though.
2007-02-05 15:15:35 · answer #8 · answered by HAND 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋