During another Jubilee Year 75 years ago, Pope Pius XII solemnly proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption. Pius XII — whom the Church now honors as “Venerable” in recognition of his heroic virtue — ...
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 ...
Pope Benedict XVI’s mostly warm but sometimes chilly relationship with the worldwide Jewish community may have just hit a major ice patch. On Thursday, Benedict put his moral weight (though not yet ...
Pope Pius XII blessing a crowd gathered in the Vatican in 1954.Bettmann A newly-uncovered Vatican 1942 letter suggests that then-Pope Pius XII likely knew about Nazi genocide. The letter describes ...