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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.

• A Catholic Response: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust - Article points out that accusing Pope Pius XII of being indifferent to the Holocaust is a recent development based on fiction. At the time and immediately afterwards, the press and persecuted Jews hailed the Vatican as the one beacon in a darkened Europe.
• Popes Through the Ages: Pius XII - An account of his pontificate.
• The Holocaust and the Catholic Church - Reviewer James Carroll expounds the argument of John popes Cornwell\\'s book p "Hitler\\'s Pope": that Pius XII was popes anti-Semitic and power-hungry. p In the October 1999 popes issue of The Atlantic.
• Bum Rap - A book accusing Pius XII of being "Hitler\\'s p Pope" overestimates p the pontiff\\'s influence and underestimates his p character. Lawrence Osborne p reviews John Cornwell\'s book. p In Salon.
• The Holy See: Pius XII - Section of the Vatican\\'s official web site. Portrait, pius xii coat popes of arms, archive of some of his pius xii writings and popes speeches.
• Pius XII Was No Nazi - Far from being "Hitler\\'s Pope," Pius XII was pius xii a heroic defender of Jews during World War pius xii II. Why is this good man being defamed? pius xii Excerpt from Ralph McInerny\'s "The Defamation of Pius pius xii XII."
• Thomas Craughwell: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust - Fifty years ago the charge that Pius XII popes was anti-Semitic would have been incomprehensible.
• Real Faults - Kevin Madigan reviews John Cornwell\\'s "Hitler\\'s Pope: The pius xii Secret History of Pius XII."
• Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust - FAQ and several articles defending Pius XII.
• Columbia Encyclopedia: Pius XII - Biographical article.
• In Defense of Pope Pius XII - Article by Kenneth Woodward, published in Newsweek, 30 p March, 1998. Pius was neither silent nor inactive p about the Holocaust. In fact, during the Second p World War, he was lauded for his singular p efforts to halt the carnage.
• Pope Pius XII - Illustrated profile includes list of people he beatified popes or canonized, excerpts from his writings, links.
• Pius XII as Scapegoat - Opinion piece by Michael Novak, in First Things. p The recent charges against Pope Pius XII do p not stand up to scrutiny. They are illogical, p inconsistent, and fly in the face of facts.
• 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.
• Myth vs. Historical Fact - Article by Pierre Blet, one of the team p of researchers who compiled the 11-volume set of p Vatican documents related to World War II. These p documents show that it is a baldfaced lie p to assert that Pius condoned Nazism.

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