Remembering Pope Pius XII

(Vatican Radio) October 9th marks the anniversary of the death of twentieth century pope, Pius XII who passed away in 1958.

Elected to the See of Peter on March 2nd 1939, as we know his was a war time pontificate. Yet despite documented, dated evidence, his memory is often marred by criticism and by the accusation that not only did he fail to condemn the nazi ideology but that he was silent over the murder of six and a half million Jews.

But how did the press of the time react to Papa Pacelli? Veronica Scarisbrick reports....

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