Topic: A few questions about Pope Pius XIIs WW2 involvement
Dear Friends
kind regards
Pope Pius XII is the controversial wartime Pope of WW2 who reigned as a Pope from 1939 to 1958.
Here is a link about his career as the Pope.
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pope0260.htm
However conflicting statements are made about him.
Some people say that he harboured jews and allowed them to escape from the Nazi persecuters and some sources say that he backed the Nazi's congratulating Hitler when he had conquered certain territories and countries.
Furthermore apparently Pope XII loathed soviet Russia and thus he would rather support what he might have consider the lesser evil of fascism.
I was once told be a friend of mine who is a WW2 researcher that Von Paupen asked Hitler if the Roman Catholic Church could be allowed into Russia.
The downfall of the Communist government in Russia could have been a triumph for the Roman Catholic Church as they could have won many converts.
I have a few questions.
1. Did Pope Pius XII support Nazi Germany and where is your evidence and proof?
2. What would have Pope Pius XII gained if he actually did back Hitler and the Nazi's won WW2?
3. Why didn't Pope XII excommunicate Hitler from the Roman Catholic Church?
Catholic priests in Nazi Germany did take a stand against Euthanasia and some of them were imprisoned as a result.
If you could kindly take time out of your busy schedules to answer these questions I'd be so grateful.
yours thankfully
John