Posts Tagged ‘Vatican WWII’

Pope orders online release of WWII-era Pius XII Jewish files

Monday, June 27th, 2022

Pope Francis has ordered the online publication of 170 volumes of its Jewish files from the recently opened Pope Pius XII archives, the Vatican announced on Thursday, amid renewed debate about the legacy of its World War II-era pope. The documentation contains 2,700 files of requests for Vatican help from Jewish groups and families, many Read more

Vatican wartime archives online

Thursday, September 21st, 2017

Some of the Vatican wartime archives will soon be available free of charge online. However, the documents won’t include material directly relating to Pius XII. Pope Pius XII’s attitude and behaviour towards the Holocaust has often been criticised. Read more