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Article: Pius XII & the Jews: further research, please.
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- July 17, 1998
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For a number of years, I have argued that we must move away from simplistic condemnations or defenses of Pope Pius XII and his response to the Holocaust. Such statements do not reflect the complexity of his record, a record that still remains incomplete from the documentary point of view. I also have emphasized that using terms such as "silent" regarding Pius's record is open to serious misinterpretation. If confined to the area of public pronouncements, the use of the term may be appropriate. But if interpreted to mean that he did nothing to help rescue Jews (as I believe the term is primarily understood on the popular level), then it does not stand up to the weight of ...
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