Sunday, June 03, 2007

Yad Vashem's Mind Made Up About Pius XII: Don't Confuse them with Facts!!!!

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's correspondence to the museum is on file there, though the museum considers the text on its panel about Pius XII "an accurate summary of the historical documentation at our disposal."

Yaari speaks only about Sr Margherita's CORRESPONDENCE, and says nothing about her book  "Did Pope Pius XII Help the Jews?" (Paulist Press, 2007)

Neither does he address the books:  "The Myth of Hitler's Pope: Pope Pius XII and His Secret War Against Nazi Germany"  by Rabbi David G. Dalin,and "Hitler, the War, and the Pope" by Mississippi Law Professor Ronald Rychlak

 

Nor do they acknowledge any merit to Ken Woodward, (the Religion Editor for 40 + years) in Newsweek  summarizing "Hitler's Pope"  as having "errors of fact and ignorance of context [that] appear on almost every page."  More recently, John Cornwelll acknowledged that he had erred in many ways when writing Hitler's Pope,.

 

Nor does he have any comment on "A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius the XII" by Dan Kurzman, that was hatched because Hitler considered Pius XII "The Jews Pope"

On the other hand, Gary Krupp, the Jewish founder/president of Pave the Way Foundation, supports Sister Marchione's latest work.

"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's determined defender

Sister Margherita Marchione argues for Pius XII's reputation

Daily Record 

Morris, NJ 

Lorraine Ash, Columnist

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Sister Margherita Marchione's 10th book on Pope Pius XII was released by Paulist Press in late April. "Did Pope Pius XII Help the Jews?" places the 85-year-old scholar in the middle of a world controversy about the late pontiff that affects Jewish/Catholic relations today.

From her office and library at Villa Walsh in Morris Township, Sister Marchione pounded out a work the Vatican called "important and timely."

"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 Jerusalem. It states the late pontiff, who reigned during the Holocaust, recognized the Nazi regime and shelved a letter against anti-Semitism prepared by his predecessor. Last month the Vatican's ambassador to Israel made international headlines when he protested the text by threatening to boycott April 15 services for Holocaust victims.

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's Christmas radio messages of 1941, 1942 and 1943, he denounced racism.

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's correspondence to the museum is on file there, though the museum considers the text on its panel about Pius XII "an accurate summary of the historical documentation at our disposal."

On the other hand, Gary Krupp, the Jewish founder and president of Pave the Way Foundation, supports Sister Marchione's latest work.

"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 Vatican took one more step toward beatifying Pius XII.

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 Rome, Pius XII directed 155 convents and monasteries to open their doors to more than 5,000 Jews and other refugees. Her order cared for 114 Jews in three convents. It also helped respond to 20 million letters sent to the Vatican requesting help in locating missing soldiers and prisoners of war.

Sister Marchione remains ready to continue the crusade as long as she has a pen.

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