Sunday,
June 03, 2007
Yad Vashem
The
ANNOTICO Report
Despite the
mounting evidence of Pius XII contributing more to the saving of Holocaust
Jews, than did American Jews, Estee Yaari,
spokesperson for Yad Vashem,
persists and claims that Sister Marchione
Yaari speaks only about Sr Margherita
Neither does he
address the books: "The
Myth of Hitler
Nor
do they acknowledge any merit to Ken Woodward, (the Religion Editor for 40 +
years) in Newsweek summarizing "Hitler
Nor
does he have any comment on "A
Special Mission: Hitler
On the other
hand, Gary Krupp,
the Jewish founder/president of Pave
the Way Foundation, supports Sister Marchione
"I CHALLANGE any legitimate historic entity to prove any
of the well-researched documented statements of this book to be false,"
said Krupp, whose foundation is dedicated to improving relations between Jews
and Catholics.
Nun
is a pope
Sister Margherita Marchione argues for Pius XII
Daily Record
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Sister Margherita Marchione
From her office
and library at Villa Walsh in
"When I get
angry," said the 5-foot nun, "I can produce very fast."
What incited her
is the text below a picture of Pius XII at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in
Accurate historical research shows Yad Vashem should instead name Pius XII "Righteous Among the Gentiles," Sister Marchione
said. Employing the experience of a doctorate and decades as a professor and
author, she wrote in her new book that Pius XII did put aside an anti-racist
encyclical Jesuits had written for Pius XI. But he did so to pen his
own--"Summi Pontificatus,"
issued in October 1939. It condemned Nazism and totalitarianism.
"His
official statements had violent repercussions, though," Sister Marchione said. "The Nazis retaliated, and Jews and
Catholics in concentration camps suffered more. He determined the church could
do more good by acting quietly."
But quiet does
not mean silent. Pius XII saved 860,000 Jews by authorizing false baptismal
certificates and distributing visas so Jews could enter other countries,
according to Pinchas Lapide,
Jewish historian. In the pope
In her book
"Shepherd of Souls: A Pictorial Life of Pope Pius XII," Sister Marchione wrote that on Dec. 1, 1944, The New York Times
reported the World Jewish Congress thanked the Holy See for protecting Jews.
Still, the
controversy swirls around Sister Marchione, known as
"the fighting nun."
Estee Yaari, spokesperson for Yad Vashem, said Sister Marchione
On the other
hand, Gary Krupp, the Jewish founder and president of Pave the Way Foundation,
supports Sister Marchione
"I challenge
any legitimate historic entity to prove any of the well-researched documented
statements of this book to be false," said Krupp, whose foundation is
dedicated to improving relations between Jews and Catholics.
In the meantime,
earlier this month the
The issue also is
personal to Sister Marchione, who was raised on a
Little Ferry farm by Italian immigrant parents and joined the Religious
Teachers Filippini at 13. During the Nazi occupation
of
Sister Marchione remains ready to continue the crusade as long as
she has a pen.
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