860,000 is a number Rome plucked from thin air, and any reputable historian knows that.
You are wrong once again.
Jewish historican and Israeli government official Pinchas Lapide strongly defends the Vatican's record. "The Catholic Church, under the pontificate of Pius XII, was instrumental in saving at least 700,000, but probably as many as 860,000 Jews," writes Lapide.
369 posted on 03/15/2008 5:00:54 PM PDT by Titanites