Pius XII and the Holocaust
Subtitle: Understanding the Controversy
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780813210803
Subjects: Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; The Holocaust; Religion - Classic Works; Pius; History; Roman Catholic Church; Jewish Holocaust; Relations; Religion - Catholicism; Judaism; Religion; XII,; Europe; Holocaust; Christianity - History - Catholic; Christianity; Pope,; Relations with Jews; Christianity - Catholic; 1876-1958; 20th century; Catholic Church; Christianity and antisemitism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
First sentence: A pope is the leader of a religious institution and as such he is charged with the responsibility for the spiritual welfare of the faithful of that institution, a fact often forgotten in the historiographical controversy surrounding Pius.