Pope Pius XIII reiterated his interest in the fate of the Jews in Axis-occupied countries in an address this past week-end to a group of Cardinals gathered at the Vatican to mark the Pontiff’s episcopal jubilee, it is reported today by the Rome correspondent of the Basle Nacrichten.
The correspondent quotes the Pope as stating: “Nobody should wonder that I care particularly for those, who though innocent, are being tortured only because they are members of certain nations or races.”
Information reaching here today discloses that all the Catholic Bishops in Germany have signed a protest against a proposal by the Nazi party that all half-Jews and persons married to Jews be forced to don Mogen Davids. About 400,000 persons would be affected by such an order.
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