Articles on this issue "World War II"
In 1943, at the height of Word War II, when the Nazi diabolical fury seemed unstoppable, there were many unknown heroes who risked their lives to save persecuted Jews. Among these heroes was …
read moreClaims that the Church and Pope Pius XII failed to help Jews during World War II are simply false, says the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, Mordechay Lewy. The envoy declared this today …
read moreThe United States and Great Britain discouraged Pope Pius XII from speaking out against Nazi brutality, warning the Pope that a public protest could have grave consequences. The Allies' …
read moreAn article Tuesday in the Vatican's semi-official newspaper honored the work of a Jewish German woman brought to the Vatican just before World War II, and entrusted with the task of building a …
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read moreBenedict XVI will mark the 67th anniversary of the 1944 Nazi massacre of 335 Italians with a private visit to the commemorative monument. The Prefecture of the Pontifical Household today …
read moreThe recently opened sections of the Vatican Secret Archives have revealed that Pope Pius XII not only helped save thousands of Jews, but also their patrimony, from the Nazis. Pave the Way …
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read moreAs Russians prepared to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany over the weekend, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow expressed concerns regarding what its sees as the …
read moreThe memory of World War II should spur society to build a "true civilization" that is no longer based on hatred, violence and force, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this Thursday night at the …
read moreA new element has come to light in the investigation into Pope Pius XII's assistance to Jews before and during World War II. The New-York based Pave the Way Foundation, which has nominated …
read moreNew evidence published today by the newspaper of the Italian bishops gives more credence to the belief that Adolf Hitler had planned to either kidnap or kill Pope Pius XII. It has long been …
read moreForgive those that persecute you. This is the message of the memoir of a priest who survived imprisonment at the Dachau concentration camp, who learned firsthand that nothing good can come of …
read moreOn Palm Sunday of 1937, Pope Pius XI's encyclical "Mit Brennender Sorge" was read in all the parishes of Germany. It was arguably the Holy See's harshest criticism ever of a political regime, …
read moreJosef Mayr-Nusser, known as a "martyr of the First Commandment," was sentenced to death by the Nazis for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler. Mayr-Nusser's cause for …
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