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Former popes passivity during Nazi Germanys extermination of millions of European Jews will be debated at Rome conference

The Vatican may have saved thousands of Jews during the wartime papacy of Pius XII but the late pope's silence on genocide will be debated this week during an international conference.The Vatican has defended Pius XII, saying he saved many Jews by having them hidden in religious institutions and that his silence was born out of a wish to avoid aggravating their situation.

Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews

It is likely to further fuel the debate about Pius legacy and his now-stalled beatification campaign.

The letter, to be published in a forthcoming book, “undercuts” the Vatican’s suggestion that it hadn’t been able to verify Nazi atrocities at the time.The post ‘Detailed information’ about Holocaust

A newly revealed letter from the Vatican archives suggests that Pope Pius XII was aware Jews were being killed in occupied Poland.

Correspondence between Pope Pius XII, who served as Pope during World War II, and a German Jesuit, has shed light on Piuss awareness of the Nazi atrocities committed during the Holocaust.

Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican archives that conflicts with the Holy See's official position at the time that the information it had was vague and unverified. The yellowed, typewritten letter, reproduced in Italy's Corriere della Sera on...

Europe News: A letter found among the private papers of Pope Pius XII suggests that the Holy See was told in 1942 that up to 6,000 people, "above all Poles and Jew