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In Defense of Pope Pius XII - http://www.al-bushra.org/vatican/indefense.htm
Article by Kenneth Woodward, published in Newsweek, 30 March, 1998. Pius was neither silent nor inactive about the Holocaust. In fact, during the Second World War, he was lauded for his singular efforts to halt the carnage. |
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Real Faults - http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/reviewstr34.htm
Kevin Madigan reviews John Cornwell's "Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII." |
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A Catholic Response: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust - http://users.binary.net/polycarp/piusxii.html
Article points out that accusing Pope Pius XII of being indifferent to the Holocaust is a recent development based on fiction. At the time and immediately afterwards, the press and persecuted Jews hailed the Vatican as the one beacon in a darkened Europe. |
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Pius XII Was No Nazi - http://www.beliefnet.com/story/55/story_5520_1.html
Far from being "Hitler's Pope," Pius XII was a heroic defender of Jews during World War II. Why is this good man being defamed? Excerpt from Ralph McInerny's "The Defamation of Pius XII." |
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Columbia Encyclopedia: Pius XII - http://www.bartleby.com/65/pi/Pius12.html
Biographical article. |
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Top 100 Catholics: Pope Pius XII - http://www.dailycatholic.org/issue/archives/1999Dec/230dec3,vol.10,no.230txt/dec3top.htm
Biographical sketch of Pius XII, voted one of the top Catholics of the 20th century by visitors to the Daily Catholic web site. |
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http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/10/27/pope/ - http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/10/27/pope/
A book accusing Pius XII of being "Hitler's Pope" overestimates the pontiff's influence and underestimates his character. Lawrence Osborne reviews John Cornwell's book. In Salon. |
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Popes Through the Ages: Pius XII - http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPEp258.htm
An account of his pontificate. |
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Pius XII as Scapegoat - http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=2648
Opinion piece by Michael Novak, in First Things. The recent charges against Pope Pius XII do not stand up to scrutiny. They are illogical, inconsistent, and fly in the face of facts. |
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Myth vs. Historical Fact - http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=345
Article by Pierre Blet, one of the team of researchers who compiled the 11-volume set of Vatican documents related to World War II. These documents show that it is a baldfaced lie to assert that Pius condoned Nazism. |