VATICAN TO OPEN SECRET WWII ARCHIVES OF WARTIME PONTIFF PIUS XII
The archives will open on March 2, 2020, Francis announced in a speech to members of the Vatican's Secret Archives.
MARCH 4, 2019 23:21
Pope Francis announced on Monday that documents from the Vatican secret archive regarding the Pope Pius XII’s actions during the Holocaust era will be open to scholars in March 2020 to help shed light on the controversial period for the Vatican and the Catholic Church. Pius XII has long been criticized by Jewish organizations for failing to do enough to stop the Nazi genocide during World War II and for failing to speak out amid the horrors of the Holocaust.
Papa Franjo je u ponedjeljak najavio da će se u ožujku 2010. otvoriti tajni arhivi Vatikana koji se odnose na Papu Pia XII i njegovo djelovanje u toku holokausta. Dokumenti će biti dostupni istraživačima kako bi osvijetlili to kontroverzni vrijeme za Vatikan i Katoličku crkvu . Papa Pio XII je dugo vremena kritiziram od strane Židovskih organizacija da nije dovoljno učinio da spriječi genocid u II. svjetskom ratu i da nije progovorio o užasima holokausta.
Dokumenti će uključiti razna pisam i poruke između Pape i ostalih vatikanskih službenička u to vrijeme kao i s katoličkim klerom u Europi.
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Rabbi David Rosen, the International Director of Inter-religious Affairs for the American Jewish Committee (AJC), said that he hoped the Vatican’s archival documents from the Holocaust era will provide a clearer picture of Pope Pius XII’s actions.
Rosen said that the new documentation could be crucial in providing greater clarity regarding Pius XII’s activities during the Holocaust.