Vatican archive documents on mass killings in Poland undercut Holy See’s argument that it couldn’t denounce Holocaust as was unable to verify diplomatic reports
Documentation from newly opened archives includes requests to Pope Pius XII to intervene against Nazi deportations, help liberate people held in concentration camps
In his new book, 'Syndrome K,' British author Christian Jennings paints a complex picture of fear, resistance, and covert humanitarianism in a country torn asunder by the Nazis
New book finds pontiff worked hardest to save converts to Catholicism, in what author says was a form of 'selection'; others claim he was trying to navigate harsh reality
Aghast at continued apologia for Pope Pius XII, historian David Kertzer reveals archival finds about the Vatican’s ‘indifference’ during Jewish genocide
After decades of ambivalence, document prepared by clergy says hundreds of priests gave spiritual guidance to Hitler's soldiers on front, 'lent war an additional sense of purpose'
Yad Vashem resisted honoring head of Ukraine’s Greek Catholic Church, Andrey Sheptytsky, as he initially welcomed Nazi invasion, but new evidence could change that
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