Tag: Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII’s “Silent” War: Part IV

The Holocaust- Atrocities in Poland and Croatia In March 1998, the Vatican released a statement on the Catholic Church and the Holocaust entitled: โ€œWe Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah.โ€ The document was intended to heal the rift between the...

Pope Pius XII’s “Silent” War: Part III

Concordat with Germany – July 1933 โ€œA Concordat,โ€ according to historian George La Piana writing in 1940, โ€œbeing patterned after an international agreement, implies the recognition by the state, of the sovereignty of the Holy See and of the...

Pope Pius XII’s “Silent” War: Part II

Early Years – Vatican Nuncio to Germany 1917-1929 Eugenio Pacelli was born in Rome on March 2, 1876. His family had a long pedigree of service to the Vatican as members of the โ€œBlack Nobility.โ€[27] His great grandfather was Finance Minister...

Pope Pius XII’s “Silent” War: Part I

Pope Pius was often described as a political Pope, which he seemed to me to be at the time. Very possibly, the future will rate him a saint. Only time will tell. —Harold H. Tittmann, Jr., U.S. Chargรฉ dโ€™ Affaires to the Vatican, 1942 [1]...