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Sites with information on Pope Pius XII, d. 1958. He was in the difficult position of being pope during World War II, and there is a lot of debate in retrospect asking whether he did all he could to stop the Holocaust.

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In Defense of Pope Pius XII - Article by Kenneth Woodward, published in Newsweek, 30 March, 1998. Pius was neither silent nor inactive about the Holocaust. In fact, during the Second World War, he was lauded for his singular efforts to halt the carnage. Top 100 Catholics: Pope Pius XII - Biographical sketch of Pius XII, voted one of the top Catholics of the 20th century by visitors to the Daily Catholic web site. The Holocaust and the Catholic Church - Reviewer James Carroll expounds the argument of John Cornwell's book "Hitler's Pope": that Pius XII was anti-Semitic and power-hungry. In the October 1999 issue of The Atlantic. Myth vs. Historical Fact - Article by Pierre Blet, one of the team of researchers who compiled the 11-volume set of Vatican documents related to World War II. These documents show that it is a baldfaced lie to assert that Pius condoned Nazism. Bum Rap - A book accusing Pius XII of being "Hitler's Pope" overestimates the pontiff's influence and underestimates his character. Lawrence Osborne reviews John Cornwell's book. In Salon.

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