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Pope Pius XII knew about massacres of Jews during WWII, newly opened Vatican archive reveals
May 1, 2020

German researchers investigating the recently opened Vatican archives of war-time Pope Pius XII reveal that he was aware of mass killings of Jews in Europe, but that he kept the information from the United States, according to a report in the Washington Post. Although the archives only opened in the first week of March – and were shuttered a few days after due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic – it was enough time for scholars to find evidence that Pius’ poor reputation for his supposed official silence during the Second World War, was well-merited. READ MORE