[ConservativeMind]

“Rome had made her position on the Nazis utterly clear by 1927.”

So, of course, nothing more had to be said. I think England and the US had made their statements, too, but guess what, we still sent people to kill Hitler and his minions.

Fortunately, the Pope didn't have to say much to show the world how serious Rome thought the matter was. Apparently, the Pope didn't even have to excommunicate Hitler, so as to further ensure Hitler didn't have animus against the Catholic church

[Campion]

So, of course, nothing more had to be said. I think England and the US had made their statements, too, but guess what, we still sent people to kill Hitler and his minions.

That wasn't really an option for the Pope, was it? I think a fellow named Garibaldi had taken that option off the table about a century before.

Apparently, the Pope didn't even have to excommunicate Hitler

As we've explained in this thread, Hitler was excommunicated literally hundreds of times without the Pope having to say or do a thing. He was in all likelihood excommunicated long before he became chancellor.

[vladimir998]

You wrote:

“So, of course, nothing more had to be said. I think England and the US had made their statements, too, but guess what, we still sent people to kill Hitler and his minions.”

So assassinating Elizabeth I would have been murder even though she was killing innocent people, but you imply the pope should have been trying to kill Hitler? By the way, did you know Pius XII actually gave his support to an attempt to assassinate Hitler? Would that have been a murder?