The “Case” of Pope PIUS XII
Eugenio Pacelli: Saint or "Hitler's Pope"?
(PRWEB) March 24, 2005 -- Sixty years ago, the horror of World War II, the
Holocaust tragedy and Nazism finally came to an end. The echo of that pain and
suffering is still alive today in generations of people with all kinds of ethnic
backgrounds and beliefs.
Pope Pius XII was one of the protagonists of
such difficult times. Saluted at first as a light of hope by both Jews and
Christians, in the recent years he has been attacked and criticized, again a few
weeks ago by the New York Times: was he a saint, a protector of life and
humanity, or did he use that dramatic historical contest to fight Jews and
Communists?
In the attached document, editors and interested people can
learn about this controversial topic from Sister Margherita Marchione’s point of
view. An historian of the highest caliber, Sister Marchione provides evidences
and proofs about the “innocence” of Pius XII, especially countering the recent
allegations about converted Jewish children reported by the New York Times.
Popularly known as "the fighting nun," she is a member of the Religious Teachers
Filippini and holds a Ph.D from Columbia University, was a Fulbright scholar,
and author of more than 50 books. At least a dozen of them, in English and
Italian, have been devoted to the life and work of Pope Pius XII during the
Holocaust (including Pius XII: Architect for Peace [2000], and Pope Pius XII:
Consensus and Controversy [2002]). Her first book on Pius, Yours is a Precious
Witness (1997), was a groundbreaking oral history of Jewish and Catholic
survivors of the German occupation of Rome, who paid tribute to Pius XII for his
life-saving measures taken during the War.
Sister Marchione can be reached
at 973-538-2886, Ext. 116
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