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To: Ann Archy; Williams; TFine80
Actually, the Chief Rabbi of Rome worked closely with the then Pope, Pius XII, to shield and hide thousands of Jews in the Vatican, outlying monasteries and convents, and in the Pope's summer residence.

He praised Pius XII to the skies, as did other Jews - Albert Einstein among them. Pius XII was lauded by Israel as a "righteous Gentile", and thousands of trees were planted in Israel in his honor.

It wasn't until the son of an SS officer named Hochhuth wrote a play "Der Stellvertreter" - "The Deputy" - in the 1960s, blaming Pius XII for "not doing enough" to stop the Nazis, that this even became an issue. The slander has been revived recently by Hitler's Pope - a shoddily researched sensationalist book written by a failed seminarian with his knife out for Catholics in general.

Don't be misled by what appears to be a concerted effort to slander the Church.

1,547 posted on 04/19/2005 10:21:42 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Could you PLEASE post that bio of Pope Pius XII on other Pope threads. I think most Jews have NO idea of what PiusXII actually did and how they have been brainwashed into thinking he was bad. Thanks.


2,599 posted on 04/19/2005 2:18:00 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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