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Article: The Pius War: Responses to the Critics of Pius XII.(book)(Book review)
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- Catholic Insight
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- April 1, 2006
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The Pius War Responses to the critics of Pius XII EDITED BY Joseph Bottum & Avid G. Dalin PUBLISHED BY Lexington Books, 2004, ISBN: 0739109065, Hardcover, pp. 282, $29.95 USD
For four decades now, since 1964, there has been a concerted campaign to charge Pope Pius XII with indifference or hostility or cowardice concerning the plight of Jews during the Second World War. Those involved were mostly Jewish writers, but also included liberal Catholics. Many other writers, however, have responded to these charges. Now that the attacks have tapered off, it seems timely to present a picture of the complaints and the answers to them. This book presents the arguments of ...