A letter published today by the Italian news outlet Corriere della Sera appears to confirm that World War II Pope ... his annual Christmas speech in December 1942, Corriere notes Pius referred ...

The charity and work of Pope Pius XII during World War II so impressed the Chief Rabbi ... especially in his Christmas messages. His 1941 and 1942 Christmas messages were both translated and ...

ROME — Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII ... fellow Jesuit arrived in Pius’ office in the same three weeks before Christmas 1942 that Pius was ...

Yet to satisfy Riccardo, the Pope dictates a statement—which Hochhuth took from the Pope’s Christmas message ... but during World War II Pope Pius helped shape this attitude, and in turn ...

The recently-opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn't speak out about the Holocaust. But they're also providing details about another ...

But Francis decided to release the book sooner to coincide with the Catholic Church's Jubilee Year, which began on Christmas ... by a sitting pope, it trails Pope Pius II's reflections on the ...

In his later years, however, Francis turned even further away from the legacy of John Paul II and instead pivoted toward the legacy of Pope Pius XII, the pontiff whose tenure began shortly before ...