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Vatican's Opening of Holocaust-Era Papal Archives Could Better Catholic-Jewish Relations Vatican's Opening of Holocaust-Era Papal Archives Could Better Catholic-Jewish Relations
Vatican's Opening of Holocaust-Era Papal Archives Could Better Catholic-Jewish Relations A week before (COVID-19) dominated every headline, the Vatican announced it would open up the papal archives of the controversial Holocaust-era Pope Pius XII.  Over 150 scholars of "all faiths and nationalities" applied for review of these secret documents covering Pius XII's papacy from 1939 to his death in 1958. Historians have been particularly interested in studying the documents from the World War II period. While the Vatican was officially neutral during the war, there has long been public criticism that Pope Pius XII remained silent over the fate of the Jews and did not do enoug…

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