Nazis

Italian bishop compares ‘Pokemon Go’ to Nazism
- Aug 19, 2016
Bishop Antonio Stagliano, whose diocese is centered in the Baroque tourist town of Noto in Sicily, said Thursday he’s prepared to hire lawyers and go to court to try to have the Pokemon Go app banned in order “to preserve the social stability of the men and women in his region.”

By Josephine McKenna
Final lesson of Auschwitz is that God’s mercy can reach even there
- Aug 5, 2016
The story of Rudolf Höss, the commander at Auschwitz and one of history’s greatest mass murderers who eventually returned to his Catholic faith before his own execution, shows that God’s mercy can reach even into the greatest depths of evil.

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Pope advances sainthood cause for US ‘bishop of the barrios’
- Jul 10, 2016
In decisions made on July 8, Pope Francis moved forward the sainthood cause of a Hispanic bishop in the US who ministered to farm workers, and who had a special affection for ‘lowrider’ modified cars, and also an Italian layman who refused to swear allegiance to the Nazis.

By Carol Glatz

How Pius XII was an ‘active conspirator’ in three anti-Hitler plots
- Jun 17, 2016
In league with two trusted priests and “Joey Ox,” Pope Pius XII took an active role in encouraging anti-Hitler plots in Germany, and although the pontiff never put out a “hit” like a mafia don, he was also under no illusions that Hitler would survive if they succeeded.

By Gerald Korson
Pius XII not only opposed Hitler but plotted against him, book says
- Jun 16, 2016
Multiple U.S. intelligence documents from the World War II era link Pope Pius XII and his closest advisers to German military plots against Hitler, and the Vatican indirectly has acknowledged they have a basis in fact. Until now, however, the full story of Pius’ involvement in efforts to bring down the Nazi dictator has never been told.

By Gerald Korson
Pope to visit icon of world without mercy in Auschwitz
- May 16, 2016
Pope Francis will visit in late July while in Poland for the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day festival.

By Inés San Martín