[adorno]

I beg to differ. Aiding hundreds if not thousands of Nazi’s flee the fallen Third Reich and helping them get safe passage to other lands such as Spain, Portugal and South America IMO is political.

Being political is NOT a pope's job, although helping people flee Hitler is a good deed. But, Francis was not around for that, so, what gives? If Francis had been around Hitler, chances are that he would have been on Hitler's side, just like he's on Hamas' and Iran's and China's and Russia's side now.

[redfreedom]

“although helping people flee Hitler is a good deed.”

That was not the case. The Catholic Church helped Nazi criminals escape the Allies at the end of WWII. This has been reported in numerous documentaries. If my recollection is correct, many were given new identities and smuggled out of Europe, which is how many got to South America. One route was via Spain where according to one documentary, after the Nazi’s got their new ID’s, they boarded Nazi submarines in a part of the Nazi navy that was still active after the surrender.