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Newly unearthed wartime correspondence from Pope Pius XII indicates he may have known about the Holocaust earlier than previously believed. Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, on Sunday reproduced ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The data, which will be available online for free, comprises more than 2,700 requests sent to the Vatican by Jews persecuted by the Nazi regime. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After opening ...

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 ...

Pope Francis defended Pius XII’s record during World War II, calling the former pope “the great defender of the Jews.” In an interview Monday with Spain’s La Vanguardia newspaper, the pope said Pius ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to proclaim Pope Pius XII as “venerable” surprised and delighted many who have been campaigning to clear the wartime Pope’s name, but provoked predictable protests among ...

ROME — 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 and Poles were being gassed each day in ...