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SecularMotion

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Tue Jun 25, 2013, 03:06 PM Jun 2013

Jews Tell Pope Francis of ‘Concerns’ Over Possible Sainthood for Pius XII

A Jewish leader expressed concern to Pope Francis on Monday over attempts to make a saint of World War Two-era Pope Pius XII, who has been accused of turning a blind eye to the Holocaust.

Francis made no mention of his wartime predecessor during his talks with members of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC), but the pontiff repeated the Roman Catholic Churchs condemnation of anti-Semitism.

The Jewish community continues to be concerned about efforts to canonise Pope Pius XII while innumerable documents pertaining to the history of the Church and the Jewish people during the dark years of the Holocaust still remain closed to outside scholarly investigation, IJCIC chairman Lawrence Schiffman told the pope.

The issue of whether the Vatican and the Church under Pius did all they could to help Jews has dogged Catholic-Jewish relations for decades. Pius became pontiff in 1939, the year World War Two broke out, and reigned until 1958.

http://www.jewishheritagemonth.com/jews/jews-tell-pope-francis-of-concerns-over-possible-sainthood-for-pius-xii.php
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Jews Tell Pope Francis of ‘Concerns’ Over Possible Sainthood for Pius XII (Original Post) SecularMotion Jun 2013 OP
Not to mention what happened under his rule AFTER WWII.... Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #1
All hail Saint Genocide! Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #2
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