Pope Pius XII

Rome summit hears both defense, nuance on Pius XII’s legacy on the Holocaust

• Oct 10
• Elise Ann Allen

Letter, Nazi dagger rekindle debates over wartime role of Pope Pius XII

• Sep 18
• Crux Staff

List documents Jews saved by church during Nazi occupation of Rome

• Sep 8
• Crux Staff

80 years ago, a Pope defied American bombs to become ‘Defender of the City’

• Jul 20
• John L. Allen Jr.

October conference to revisit ‘Pius Wars’ over role of wartime pontiff

• Jul 13
• Crux Staff

Why Francis won’t be the chaplain of BRICS, just as Pius XII wasn’t of NATO

• May 25
• John L. Allen Jr.

Italy’s Liberation Day beckons question: Have we managed to ‘earn this’?

• Apr 25
• John L. Allen Jr.

Massacre anniversary captures lights and shadows of Catholic story

• Mar 25
• John L. Allen Jr.

Pope’s big reveal on resignation letter revives an old quandary

• Dec 22, 2022
• John L. Allen Jr.

A missed moment between Italy’s top Communist and the Pope never elected

• Dec 9, 2022
• John L. Allen Jr.