Posted on 01/15/2005 2:12:47 PM PST by Embraer2004
Translated J.R. Orellana
So it reveals the Catholic newspaper Avvenire according to statements made by former Nazi General Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff, who says that he personally received orders from the Führer to kidnap the Pope
EFE El Universal online Roma, Italia Saturday 15 january 2005
13:24 Adolf Hitler had planned to kidnap Pope Pius XII 1944 due to his position against Nazism and his collaboration with the Jews, according to today's edition of the daily Avvenire, which is based on testimony from former Nazi General Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff.
According to the paper, Wolff's information is found in a written declaration in 1972 that pertains to the Nüremberg process and is among the documents filed in the beatification process of Pius XII. Avvenire claims that the former general received personal orders from Hitler to kidnap Pius XII on May 1944, when the General was to visit the Pontiff.
The audience occurred on 10 May 1944 and that is where the German General informed the Pope of Hitler's intentions.
As a proof of sincerity, the Pope asked Wolff to liberate two deathy-row inmates, which he did on 3 June 1944.
Once kidnapped, the plan was to transfer the Pontiff to the Liechtenstein Castle, in Württemberg, adds the newspaper, which also has collected documents which showed the Vatican's preoccupation with an imminent Nazi action against the Pope.
Some historians, such as Andrea Tornielli, author of "Piuso XII, The Pope of the Jews", have already pushed forward the theory that Hitler intended to deport the Pontiff in revenge of his presumptive help to the Jews and point out that it was Wolff's opposition to the Fuhrer that prevented such action.
In spite of his supposed collaboration to save the Jews, Pius XII , at the end of World War II, was severely criticized for his apparent passivity in the face of the Holocaust.
A "got ot read this further" bump!
Hey look, it's Prince Harry!
Reverse translation: Oy look, oits pr'nce 'arry.
BUMP!
I wonder where this 1972 document is and why it's not seen the light of day? Interesting, if true, and certainly the opposite of everything else we've heard concerning Pius XII and the Jews. We shall see?
You're right, all along I've heard that Pius XII did nothing to help the Jews, but it seems that there are documents that prove that the Pope actually helped save many Jews from Hitler's gas chambers. We shall see as the Beatification process goes forward.
By the way, novelists like Martin Amis do us all a disservice with fictional Vatican officials who help Nazis get to the United States.
Hey look, it's Prince Harry!
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No... it's Princess Hitlery in drag !!! ;-))
Anyone who wants to see absolutely definitive refutations of the slanders against Pius XII should look up two articles in FIRST THINGS (www.firstthings.com). One is a long one by Rychlak. The other entitled The Pius Wars is by
Joseph Bottum.
Equally important was it typed on a word processor that was not invented until 1996 ?
Calling Dan Rather
This is clearly BS. Every smart person knows that Pious hated Jews and did everything he could to collaborate with the Nazis. Adolph LOVED Catholics. He had the Pope up to the Eagle's Nest for weekend barbacues.
Weren't there numerous instances of convents hiding Jews during the war?
ping
Funny, you claim to have an intelligent contribution to the conversation, yet you cannot spell Pius' name correctly. I hope this post was sarcastic.
I'll be that he has a hard time getting a good table at a restaurant.
Kidnap the Pope and do away with Christianity, just like certain people today who call Bush Hitler.
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