Summary of Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII from Library Journal:
Relying on exclusive access to Vatican and Jesuit archives, an award-winning Roman Catholic journalist argues that through a 1933 Concordat with Hitler, Pope Pius XII facilitated the dictator's riseAand, ultimately, the Holocaust.
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I'm sure it's full of information which Herr Ratzinger conveniently doesn't remember when he gives his bullshit speeches about how atheists are the scourge of the earth and how atheists turn into clones of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol-Pot.
@MadScientist
He should remember; he was there!
I am shocked! I say shocked! to discover that the pope is Christian.
From Wikipedia:
Cornwell:
Also See: The Myth of Hitler's Pope
I haven't read the book myself. But I certainly won't take your cut and paste arguments to mean that the current Pope is correct in that Atheists carried out the Holocaust. And, I'm still waiting for the apology.
Me either.
Backatcha. Fwiw, I wasn't making an argument; I was just passing along the wiki link that I'd found when looking up the book you mentioned/blogged. Criticism(s) aside, the author himself no longer stands behind it - I thought that was relevant.
? Where in my link (or yours) was that mentioned?
I am sorry for ya, and good luck with that.
regards.
Um, Rob, it was in his touchdown speech in the UK, suggesting that atheists are responsible for Nazism. I'd suspect that was why Greg posted three posts in a row showing that Hitler's association with Catholicism was more than passing.
Um, I am aware, Jason. Like I said, I wasn't making any argument or trying to pick a fight; just passing along some (I thought) relevant info with regards to this specific blog/book.
I most humbly apologize and hope you guys get your papal apology forthwith.
Rob, to be clear, I do appreciate the information, and the readers do to, I'm sure. I've not read the book (note I said nothing about it in the post). I've heard it was controversial. It is good to have some of that controversy discussed.
After reading Cornwell's Hitler's Pope several years ago, my thumbnail was that it was a well-researched hatchet job.
Only the first descriptor above can be said of Michael Phayer's The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930 to 1965. Though not focused on Eugenio Pacelli in particular, Phayer's scholarship has more depth, and the portrait of P12 and his church is even more damning.
Susan Zuccoti's Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy also fills in a number of important details (including how low-level Catholics risked their lives trying to stop what their Holy Father unhesitatingly condoned).
I have been extremely disappointed that the self-professed leaders of Christ's Church have been turning such a blind eye to the obvious evil lies surrounding September 11, 2001. I had been publicly loosing my faith via an "Open Letter to Dr. James Dobson" because the Christian Leaders seemed to be ignoring the call of Psalm 94:16-20. God works in mysterious ways because look what he sent to my FaceBook Wall the other day! Thank you Marisela, and most importantly, Thank God for speaking through Strong Christians like Marisela who are so well spoken and entrenched in the Word of God!!!
Maybe God will convict you to forward this link to everyone of your contacts?
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