What Will the Pope find at Yad Vashem Museum?

Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Israel will undoubtedly revive the issue of a plaque in the Yad Vashem Museum concerning Pope Pius XII. The caption includes a blatantly false statement that attributes to the Pope “silence and the absence of… Read More

70th Anniversary of the Coronation of Pius XII

The Libreria Vaticanaannounced that on March 12, 2009, a Bi-lingual Anthology (English-Italian) by Margherita Marchione, with an Introduction by Rabbi Eric A. Silver, from Cheshire, Connecticut, was released on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Coronation of Pope… Read More

The 50th Anniversary of the Death of Pius XII: Celebrating a Sanctified Life

Today, October 9, 2008, the 50th anniversary of the death of Pius XII, will see pilgrims from many parts of the world joining His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI as he celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.People were awakened in Rome… Read More

Pius XII, the Jews, the Holocaust and the Truth

Recently I received a letter from a convert to Catholicism. She went on a field trip with her daughter's 8th grade class from a Catholic school to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, California. She wrote:
"I was shocked… Read More

Pope Pius XII and the Anti-Defamation League

On May 8, 2007, members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints voted unanimously to recommend that Pope Benedict XVI formerly declare Pope Pius XII "Venerable." Hopefully this recognition that Pope Pius XII lived the Christian virtues in a… Read More

Pope Pius XII: Deeds More Precious than Words

Sixty-eight years ago, on March 12, 1939, Eugenio Pacelli received the papal tiara to become Pius XII. World War II began six months later. The Vatican was a neutral State. As its sovereign, Pius XII could not and did not… Read More

Pope Pius XII: He Was Indeed “Just Among the Nations”

Yad Vashem is a museum in Israel honoring non-Jews who helped save Jews during the Holocaust. In the interest of strengthening bonds of friendship between Catholics and Jews, I am submitting a request for Yad Vashem to honor Pope Pius… Read More

An Open Letter to Catholics on Pius XII

Dear Fellow Catholics:
Pope Pius XII has been the victim of irresponsible charges by the media and certain scholars. Although he is treated scandalously, few Catholics have come to his defense. The world should be honoring and praising Pius XII… Read More

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