Trending Globally: The Secret History of the Pope and World War II

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In March 2020, the Vatican’s Apostolic Archives of Pope Pius XII – also known as the Vatican’s ‘secret archives’ – were opened to scholars from around the world. Historian and Watson Professor David Kertzer was one of those scholars.

What he found there is helping to reframe the role that the Catholic Church – and its then leader, Pope Pius XII – played in World War II.

Pius XII’s legacy is heavily debated. Some people want him to be made a saint. Others call him ‘Hitler’s Pope,’ blaming him for aiding the Nazi regime and ultimately, facilitating the Holocaust.

What David found is a much more complicated story.

He’s put together his research into a gripping new book, The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler. It’s a page-turner of a book, filled with larger-than-life characters, set at a moment in European history when the stakes couldn’t be higher. It’s also completely true.

On this episode of Trending Globally: David Kertzer discusses Pope Pius XII and World War II, and what this story can teach us about the need for moral leadership in times of crisis.

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wow, don't know anything about this, but sounds pretty shocking

clumsydad
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Excelent information. Finally we know the real story.

ricardovillalbaso
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What a lame tentative to wash that killer's hands.

catfirst
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For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13)
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7)
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Mark 2:17)

thomasfields
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No mention of the ancient sacred order of the Roman Cult — the Knights of the Sedes Sacrorum, or the SS?

dennisblair
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Given the events in the last three years, one has to ask, were the Germans wrong in ww2 though?

valdomero
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I support the Pope! I love my Catholic faith

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