http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/12/16/in-retrospect-i-wish-pius-xii-hadnt-been-so-diplomatic/ Religion, faith and ethics Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:17:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/12/16/in-retrospect-i-wish-pius-xii-hadnt-been-so-diplomatic/comment-page-1/#comment-8936 Tzvee Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:21:34 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=2843#comment-8936 with all due respect to the scholar his interpretation of the pope's motives vis a vis the jews appears to me to be apologetic and slanted, not critical and dispassionate. so yes i can still say that the pope was not saintly when it came to his duty to speak out. does that make him pro-german or anti-semitic? let's just say it does not make him anti-german or pro-semitic - and given the resulting mass murder, it makes him complicit. there just is no other way to read the historical record with any honesty. with all due respect to the scholar his interpretation of the pope’s motives vis a vis the jews appears to me to be apologetic and slanted, not critical and dispassionate. so yes i can still say that the pope was not saintly when it came to his duty to speak out. does that make him pro-german or anti-semitic? let’s just say it does not make him anti-german or pro-semitic – and given the resulting mass murder, it makes him complicit. there just is no other way to read the historical record with any honesty.

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