Pope Pius XII

In 1st, pope hosts Yad Vashem director at Vatican — but didn’t discuss Catholic Church’s Holocaust controversies

None of the Holocaust-related controversies straining Jewish-Catholic relations came up during the 30-minute meeting by Francis and Dani Dayan.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 9, 2022 5:57 pm

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Pope Pius XII

Vatican hid Holocaust orphans from their families and urged Pope Pius XII not to protest deportations

Historian David I. Kertzer unearthed the developments in Vatican archive documents that were recently unsealed.

August 28, 2020 5:23 pm

Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv in the 1930s. (Odessa Review)

A Ukrainian priest who saved Jews during the Holocaust has never been honored by Yad Vashem. New research could change that.

In addition to hiding Jews in monasteries, the Hebrew-speaking Andrey Sheptytsky risked his life to tell Pope Pius XII about Nazi atrocities.

May 1, 2020 3:24 pm

The Vatican unseals secret archive on Holocaust-era Pope Pius XII

By Marcy Oster March 2, 2020 12:19 pm

Vatican will open secret archive on Holocaust-era Pope Pius XII

By Ruth Ellen Gruber March 4, 2019 10:58 am

Vatican paper raps film depicting Pope Pius XII as rescuer of Jews

March 2, 2015 8:08 am

Pope Francis defends Pius XII’s wartime record

June 13, 2014 2:16 pm

Report: Secret Vatican archives on Pius not ready to be opened

January 20, 2014 8:00 am

Pope warns of anti-Semitism as Rome commemorates Holocaust victims

October 11, 2013 11:29 am

After Pius move, Pope Benedict practices delicate Jewish dance

By Ruth Ellen Gruber January 1, 2010 12:29 am

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