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To: nickcarraway

Here you go: http://catholicarrogance.org/Catholic/RC_scandal-2.html

On April 20, 1939, (Archbishop) Orsenigo was Pope Pius XII’s official representative at Adolf Hitler’s birthday celebration, a tradition initiated by Pope Pius XII, when he preceded Orsenigo as Papal Nuncio to Germany. Each year, in the name of the Catholic bishops and the dioceses in Germany, April 20, Cardinal Bertram of Breslau sent “warmest congratulations to the Führer, with “fervent prayers which the Catholics of Germany are sending to heaven on their altars.”
. (Source: Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII, by John Cornwell)


10 posted on 10/17/2015 2:19:56 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice
Hmmm, what is that supposed to mean? I suppose it's protocol for ambassadors etc. to give birthday wishes to the country's leader.

Eugenio Pacelli (the future Pope Pius XII) was tha Papal Nuncio to Germany starting in the 20's. He had taken to making statements against Hitler/Naszis, long before anyone thought they had a chance to take control.

Later, when Pacelli was Secretary of State for the Vatican,. he convinced Pius XI to release an encyclical called Mit Brennender Sorge. Encyclicals are released in Latin, this one was re;leased in German. Hmmm, I wonder why? Maybe because it was specifically opposing Nazism?

Anyone who actually did basic research into the events of the 20s and 30s would know Pacelli and Hitler were enemies before the Nazi Party was even a political force in Germany.

14 posted on 10/17/2015 3:06:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: tumblindice

Not news. In America and Europe, the abortion movement has had bishops on its side for fifty years, even more. The bishops’ conference in the U.S. has devoted tremendous energy, and millions of dollars, to assistance to pro-abortion politicians. Cardinal Bernardin gave the abortionists the most valuable gift they ever received: the “seamless garment,” an elaborate rationalization for Catholics to vote for abortionists.

Germany had similar bishops. The thesis of Hitler’s Pope—that Pius XII was one of them—is a vicious smear.


21 posted on 10/17/2015 3:57:57 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (Beau Biden's funeral, attended by Bp. Malooly, Card. McCarrick, and Papal Nuncio, Abp. Vigano.)
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