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The newly discovered letter, written by a German Jesuit to Pope Pius XII’s personal secretary, suggests that the pope knew of Hitler’s atrocities but chose to remain silent. By Elisabetta Povoledo The ...

(JTA) – A newly uncovered letter provides the strongest evidence yet that Pope Pius XII knew about the Nazi extermination of the Jews as it was happening, the latest in a series of recent discoveries ...

Undated file photo of Pope Pius XII. Pope Francis has ordered the online publication of 170 volumes of its “Jews” files from the recently opened Pope Pius XII archives, the Vatican announced Thursday, ...

St. LOUIS — The perception that Pope Pius XII was a man who aided and abetted Hitler's Holocaust through inaction and indifference might be changing, thanks in part to the accidental discovery of high ...

“There has been a shift of late regarding Pius XII,” historian William Doino told CNA. The wartime pontiff has often been vilified, Doino said, adding: “He will soon get due recognition” for efforts ...

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A newly-uncovered Vatican 1942 letter suggests that then-Pope Pius XII likely knew about Nazi genocide. The letter describes crematoriums and the mass murder of Jewish and Polish people. Pope Pius XII ...