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Their homes and their offices ransacked. >> the church of course, to be able to operate has to be physically secure. >> the vatican is faced with an extraordinary dilemma. because of his experience as a papal diplomat, pope pius xi enlisted pachelli helps to negotiate with the fascist italian government. the result is a treaty. >> italy and the vatican reach al agreement to allow the church to function, allow the pope to feel secure when he left the vatican itself. >> 1929 is really a milestone. the italian government at this point is a dictatorship in the hands of ba nit toe moussalini and th...

We're not going to name jews. we're just going to however universal love and charity. so it's another opportunity that was missed and a critical one. >> he worried a lot about the consequences of speaking out. one wonders did he ever really wonder about the consequences of not speaking out. >> despite pius xii's public neutrality, hitler's march toward world domination reaches the pope's doorstep. in september of 1943, hitler invades rome. >> it was a situation where the pope thought that they had al operating agreement, did not think this was going to happen but about 2,000jews were rounded u...