(JTA) — A newly uncovered letter provides the strongest evidence yet that Pope Pius XII knew about the Nazi ... “Poles and Jews” at Belzec, a Nazi death camp. It was discovered by Vatican ...

Even after his death, his numerous writings on Our Lady have been extolled. In the final text of the Vatican II document on Our Lady, the eighth chapter of Lumen Gentium, the Document on the Church, ...

Documents recently revealed by the Vatican Archives show that Pope Pius XII ... Further actions taken against him by Pius XII's will were interrupted by his death in 1958. For the next 50 years ...

critically examines Pope Pius XII. According to his research, the Catholic Church under Pius XII was instrumental in saving 860,000 Jews from Nazi death camps (p. 214). Could Pius have saved more ...

Since the death of Pope Pius XII, the Vatican has tried hard to make up for its sordid history. Pope Paul VI led the way by repudiating the allegation of collective Jewish guilt for deicide ...

Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church will open up its archives on Pius XII, who was Pope during World War Two. Pius, who was Pope from 1939 to 1958, has been accused of tolerating the ...