More Evidence Pius XII Was Not Hitler's Pope - German Files Point to a Russian Plot

Zenit News Agency ^ | April 2, 2007

[NYer]

ROME, APRIL 2, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Adolf Hitler's No. 1 enemy was the Vatican's secretary of state, Eugenio Pacelli, future Pope Pius XII, according to documents recently found in Europe.

In an article published last Thursday by La Repubblica, reporter Marco Ansaldo announced that he has a dossier on Pius XII that complements documentation found in the Vatican Archives.

According to the newly discovered documents, Pius XII was considered an enemy of the Third Reich. Memos and letters unearthed at a depot used by the Stasi, the East German secret police, show that Nazi spies within the Vatican were concerned at the Pope's efforts to help displaced Poles and Jews.

One document from the head of Berlin's police force tells Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Third Reich's foreign minister, that the Catholic Church was providing assistance to Jews "both in terms of people and financially."

Russia's motives

In a commentary on the new documents, Sister Margherita Marchione, author and expert on Pius XII, explains the campaign against the Pope was the work of the Soviets.

"Russia's plans were to control Europe after the war. The only outspoken obstacle to Russia's plan in Europe was the Catholic Church," Sister Marchione wrote.

"The first attacks claiming that the Church had endorsed silently the atrocities of the Nazis came from Communist Russia," she explained. "Soon to control Poland, and other vast areas in Eastern Europe, Russia saw the need to break the loyalty to the Pope of Catholic majorities in those countries.

"The plan was a simple one: convince everyone that the Pope supported the hated Nazis during the war and, therefore, neither he nor the Church could be trusted after the war. The destruction of the Church would leave the field wide open for Russian influence and control."

[Petronski]

Then I suggest you cancel your E-ZPass, unless you're going to continue using it.

You're trying to shut me up?

[OLD REGGIE]

See post #637.

Yes, I saw it. Thanks. It cleared up a mystery for me.

[Alex Murphy]

You're trying to shut me up?

No, just suggesting that you not take the same highway that you've criticized others for building.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Please stop making this personal. Your personal insults of other FReepers only shows the vacuousness of your argument.

If you cannot discuss the topic without snide invectives, you're not giving lurkers a very good portrait of your beliefs.

[OLD REGGIE]

I think so. I would certainly want to be involved with how my book was presented, if I ever wrote one.

I don't think it works that way.

[Uncle Chip]

By your side's own admission, Pacelli had read "Mein Kampf." If he knew what Hitler planned for the Jews, then this supposed temporary "elimination of the Catholic Church in the Reich" would have been a small price to pay to save so many lives. Unless of course Pacelli thought Hitler was going to win.

Excellent Point.

[OLD REGGIE]

Your little anti-Catholic trolling team there has ignored plenty of requests for proof. Shall I now be expected to be at your beck and call?

No. You are doing exactly what I expected from you - making empty claims - throwing dirt into the wind - bloviating.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Old Reggie, I meant to post 695 to you and was referencing your copy of the book which appears exactly like mine.

[Petronski]

Please stop making this personal.

You first. This entire thread is an affront to Catholics, myself included.

[Alex Murphy]

This entire thread is an affront to Catholics, myself included.

If you really feel that way, maybe you should stick to the closed "Catholic Caucus" threads wherein no one will be an affront to you.

[Petronski]

No, just suggesting that you not take the same highway that you've criticized others for building.

Your solution is to offer no defense at all. I suspect Team Cornwell would love to spread their propaganda unchecked.

I have endeavored to make the record clear about Cornwell's lies, and fully expect to continue to do so, including discussions about defamatory motives.

[Petronski]

So this poison can stand unchallenged?

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[Petronski]

...making empty claims - throwing dirt into the wind - bloviating.

How autobiographical of you.

[Petronski]

...Pacelli engineered the passage of the Enabling Act of 1933.

Still incapable of offering proof of this, eh? Perhaps a trip to the KGB archives will help you whip something up.

[Alex Murphy]

Your solution is to offer no defense at all.

No, that wasn't my solution.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Freshmen high school texts make the same claim. It’s basic history 101. It isn’t in dispute except by recent apologists who want to make an appeaser into a saint.

[Petronski]

Freshmen high school texts make the same claim. It’s basic history 101. It isn’t in dispute...

BS

[Dr. Eckleburg]

This Concordat was to secure the rights of Catholics to practice their faith.

At what price?