Punishment for rejecting Jesus.
2007-11-23 05:18:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No, he was a helpless bystander and he knew it. Had he opened his mouth, Hitler would have had Mussolini help shut it.
2007-11-26 09:56:45 · answer #1 · answered by timbers 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
No serious scholar contests the evidence that Pius XII took direct and indirect measures to save Jews from the Nazi death machine.
At the start of World War II, Pope Pius XII’s first encyclical was so anti-Hitler that the Royal Air Force and the French air force dropped 88,000 copies of it over Germany. Here is a link to the Summi Pontificatus: Encyclical of Pope Pius XII on the Unity of Human Society, October 20, 1939: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_20101939_summi-pontificatus_en.html
Unfortunately the Soviet Union and others had been trying to convince the world that the Catholic Church was pro-Nazi since the death of Pope Pius in 1958. Here are some sources:
+ The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI=
+ The KGB campaign against Pius XII: http://www.the-tidings.com/2007/021607/difference.htm
+ Pius XII and the Jews: http://web.archive.org/web/20010919100700/http://www.weeklystandard.com/magazine/mag_6_23_01/dalin_bkart_6_23_01.asp
+ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/a/ww2jews.html
See also "The Myth of Hitler’s Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews From the Nazis" by Rabbi David G. Dalin which has compiled further overwhelming proof of Pope Pius XII"s friendship for the Jews beginning long before he became pope.
With love in Christ.
2007-11-25 12:36:23 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say he was the "Mastermind" of the holocaust; but his attitude & outlook about the role of religion at that time didn't help.
If people look carefully at the history & development of religion over the ages they would see many things that would be considered barbaric in this day & age, but that were condoned by the religious sect in power at that time.
Hopefully, they would also see a lot more similarities, rather than differences among all the religions that exist now, since, technically, they all started from the same source, but have changed over the many centuries into the different sects they now are.
2007-11-23 06:12:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
No, Iamacatholic2 covered the angles on this. The historical credit goes to Herr Heinrich Himmler in the 111 WWII history books I have.
Cheers,
Michael Kelly
2007-11-25 12:50:25 · answer #4 · answered by Michael Kelly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Although, 6 million Jews died in the concentration camps a total of 14 million were killed by Nazi Germany. These other 8 million consisted of homosexuals, gypsies, disabled people, Catholics who opposed Hitler as well as Protestants (many clergy got imprisoned), and any political opponents.
2007-11-23 05:31:32 · answer #5 · answered by cynical 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats insane JEWS WERENT THE ONLY ONES TO DIE. millions of christians, and muslims also died,
2007-11-23 05:20:44 · answer #6 · answered by JohnnyC 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter who was responsible..
It matters that we never let it happen again..
2007-11-24 23:06:30 · answer #7 · answered by thoraxin_1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where did you read this????
2007-11-23 06:07:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please read this to find out:
http://users.binary.net/polycarp/piusxii.html
2007-11-25 13:24:24 · answer #9 · answered by Barbara E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋