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Article: A strong leader, a holy man.(Pope Pius XII)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- March 31, 2000
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Bishop defends record of pope who led church in troubling times
As I come closer to the end of my term of office as bishop of New Ulm, I have been led to reflect on the history of the church during these years of momentous change in church and society. One of the tasks of wisdom figures is to look back and, learning from the experience of our lives, hand on a vision to the present generation.
There is a controversy in the public media over the role of Pope Pius XII, who led the church during World War II. Some say he didn't speak out forcefully enough or even that he was silent in the face of the Nazi regime in Germany, especially in its mass slaughter ...