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To: Crim; 2nd amendment mama
Why don't you read this post and then get back with us if you need more.
790 posted on 03/03/2015 3:46:43 PM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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ah I see...so apparently the Pope was supposed to grab a machine gun and charge the german lines....

And since he failed to do that....he is guilty of aiding the holocaust.

As for the charge of “doing nothing” made several times....

The Pope did act behind the scenes on occasion. During the German occupation of Hungary in March 1944, he, along with the papal nuncio in Budapest, Angelo Rotta, advised the Hungarian government to be moderate in its plans concerning the treatment of the Jews. Pius XII protested against the deportation of Jews and, when his protests were not heeded, he cabled again and again. The Pope’s demands, combined with similar protests from the King of Sweden, the International Red Cross, Britain and the United States contributed to the decision by the Hungarian regent, Admiral Miklos Horthy, to cease deportations on July 8, 1944.

In the later stages of the war, Pius XII appealed to several Latin American governments to accept “emergency passports” that several thousand Jews had succeeded in obtaining. Due to the efforts of the Pope and the U.S. State Department, 13 Latin American countries decided to honor these documents, despite threats from the Germans to deport the passport holders.

The Church also answered a request to save 6,000 Jewish children in Bulgaria by helping to transfer them to Palestine. At the same time, however, Cardinal Maglione wrote to the apostolic delegate in Washington, A.G. Cicognani, saying this did not mean the Pope supported Zionism. The church did often help baptized Jews, but was less enthusiastic about assisting Jews who did not abandon their faith.

So did he “do enough”...no of course not......did he “do nothing”.....nope...he obviously “did something”.

And yet still.....there is the issue of the Protestant Reich Church.


793 posted on 03/03/2015 4:01:39 PM PST by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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