If it’s so boring don’t bother to lecture me about it, being called a “Catholic apologist” is a real yawn.
Once again, the article is an attempt to block the canonization of a good pope over sectarian violence between christians in Croatia when the war was at world, without identifying a single thing the pope did wrong.
The other main argument against the pope is that the Catholic church “failed” to support a political party in Germany that supposedly could have stopped Hitler, which to say the least is a stretch.
It’s sad that a man who SAVED so many Jews is now considered evil by Jews.
I’ll wait for a soul searching article about what jews did to stop Hitler, because they didnt. Many jews made a calculated decision not to fight Hitler because in their previous historical experience their challenge to the Roman Empire had been disastrous. The Warsaw Ghetto is a very notable exception, at the point at which there was no choice and no hope.
Why people are so obsessed with hating this pope who was a good man is beyond me. But the underlying reason is not Croatia.
Look I’m not castigating Pope Pius XII, but to say what more could he have done, is a stretch.
He was the leader of the largest Christian organization in the world. The statement that he helped to save many Jews makes the case that he was well aware of the situation that had engulfed the Nazi ruled world and the atrocities associated with it.
What could he have done? Look back to the early church leaders who were also surrounded by an antagonistic empire. Martyr yourself and announce to the world what you know is going on and shine a light upon a situation the world was choosing to ignore.