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The Holy See: Pius XII - http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/
Section of the Vatican's official web site. Portrait, coat of arms, archive of some of his writings and speeches. |
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Pope Pius XII - http://saints.sqpn.com/pope0260.htm
Illustrated profile includes list of people he beatified or canonized, excerpts from his writings, links. |
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The Holocaust and the Catholic Church - http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99oct/9910pope.htm
Reviewer James Carroll expounds the argument of John Cornwell's book "Hitler's Pope": that Pius XII was anti-Semitic and power-hungry. In the October 1999 issue of The Atlantic. |
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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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Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust - http://www.catholicleague.org/pius/framemain.htm
FAQ and several articles defending Pius XII. |
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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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Thomas Craughwell: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust - http://www.cfpeople.org/Apologetics/page51a014.html
Fifty years ago the charge that Pius XII was anti-Semitic would have been incomprehensible. |
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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. |
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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." |