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From the blog of Brenda Lee Bohen at The Times of Israel

The historical archive of the Vatican Secretariat of State’s Section for Relations with States and International Organizations has posted online its Serie Ebrei (“Jews Series”): 170 volumes of “petitions for assistance sent by Jews, baptized and unbaptized, from all over Europe to Pope Pius XII after the start of Nazi-Fascist persecution.

A Vatican delegation sent to China between Aug. 28 and Sept. 2, 2022, visited 92-year-old Bishop Melchior Shi Hongzhen, seen here in a photo taken on May 24, 2015. The visit was a strong signal from the Holy See that despite the desire to carry on a dialogue, the situation of Catholics in China has not been forgotten. / GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty ImagesVatican City, Oct 26, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA).The renewal of the agreement between China and the Holy See for the appointment of bishops was expected. Between Aug. 28 and Sept. 2, a Vatican delegation was sent to Xinjiang to carry out talks. The loc...

Pope Francis receives a facsimile of a 1919 letter by Adolf Hitler for the Vatican archives during an audience with a delegation of Simon Wiesenthal Center at the Vatican, June 22, 2022. / Vatican Media Denver Newsroom, Jun 23, 2022 / 18:00 pm ...

The Osservatore Romano newspaper offers a response to the new book "The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler”, written ...