CIA Archives Show Pius XII Saved Jews, Actively Opposed Nazis

EWTN ^ | 5-Sep-2001 | EWTN News briefs

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5-Sep-2001 -- EWTN News Brief

CIA ARCHIVES SHOW PIUS XII SAVED JEWS, ACTIVELY OPPOSED NAZIS

VATICAN, (CWNews.com) - Secret archives of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirm that Pope Pius XII was actively involved in opposition to the Nazi regime and efforts to save Jewish lives, an Italian newspaper has revealed.

Citing documents from the World War II archives of the OSS, which would later become the CIA, Corriere della Sera has reported that Pope Pius XII summoned the German foreign minister and demanded a halt to the deportation of Jews as soon as he became aware of the Nazi policy. From that point forward, the Italian daily said, the Vatican steadily and openly opposed Hitler's efforts.

The CIA archives, which were opened to historians' scrutiny earlier this year, remark that in his Christmas message of 1942, Pope Pius XII asked for help for "those hundreds of thousands of people who-- for no fault of their own, but because of their race or nationality-- are condemned to death or gradual extinction." Even earlier, in January 1940, Polish Catholic radio had reported that "Jews and Poles are shut up in ghettoes where they are isolated and inadequate for their survival." The American documents show that in July 1942, the papal nuncio in France met with leaders of the Vichy government, expressing the disapproval of the Holy See over the French government's decision to conclude an alliance with the Nazi regime.

The archives also show systematic German efforts to silence the Jesuit order in the south of Germany. A Jesuit provincial, in a document written just after the liberation of Germany from the Nazi regime, reported that the German government had demanded a list of all Jesuit priests, so that they could be rounded up and sent to concentration camps. The provincial, who was imprisoned himself when he refused to obey that order, added that the Jesuits behind bars helped to provide the Vatican with an accurate understanding of conditions in the concentration camps.

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There's a list HERE .

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Secret archives of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirm that Pope Pius XII was actively involved in opposition to the Nazi regime and efforts to save Jewish lives, an Italian newspaper has revealed.

Wasn't aware this was news. Oh that's right, he was supposed to be Hitler's Pope.

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But won't pass out condoms. That's what the libs don't like.

You betcha. I actually saw some kooks from ACT-UP protesting Mother Teresa's AIDS hospice downtown, denouncing her for keeping the hospice porn and drug free.

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But won't pass out condoms. That's what the libs don't like.

You betcha. I actually saw some kooks from ACT-UP protesting Mother Teresa's AIDS hospice downtown, denouncing her for keeping the hospice porn and drug free.

Kinda sorta like asking the fire department to poor gas on the fire.

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I actually saw some kooks from ACT-UP protesting Mother Teresa's AIDS hospice downtown, denouncing her for keeping the hospice porn and drug free.

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How much better evidence do we need that homosexuality is a disease of the mind?

That's often what follows disease of the soul.

[annalex]

Jan Jakub Zegidewicz takes up the story from there: "After the group of doomed men had already been selected, a prisoner stepped out from the ranks of one of the Blocks. I recognized Fr Kolbe. Owing to my poor knowledge of German I did not understand what they talked about, nor do I remember whether Fr Kolbe spoke directly to Fritzsch. When making his request, Fr Kolbe stood at attention and pointed at a former non-commissioned officer known to me from the camp. It could be inferred from the expression on Fritzsch's face that he was surprised at Fr Kolbe's action. As the sign was given, Fr Kolbe joined the ranks of the doomed and the non-commissioned officer left the ranks of the doomed Firzsch had consented to the exchange. A little later, the doomed men were marched off in the direction of Block 13, the death Block."

From St Maximilian Mary Kolbe

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As a student in Rome, I had the great good fortune to meet Fr. Robert Graham, SJ, one of the foremost experts on the Vatican and Pius XII in WWII. He was an energetic defender of Pope Pacelli, and wrote and edited several relevant articles and books, as noted HERE.