Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School, and the author most recently of ...

Pius’ actions during the Holocaust have been the subject of debate for decades. (JTA) — A newly uncovered letter provides the strongest evidence yet that Pope Pius XII knew about the Nazi ...

Pope Pius XII was reviled for his silence in the face of Nazism during and after World War II, and was thus often dubbed "Hitler's Pope." However, a new book, "Church of Spies" by Mark Riebling ...

Even the new Holocaust Museum in New York unjustly criticized Pope Pius XII for being silent during World War II. The Church has recently spoken on this topic. The Israeli consul, Pinchas E.

World War II–era Pope Pius XII is a controversial figure, long accused of indifference toward the plight of Holocaust-assailed Jews. But a "Jewish New Yorker who has made it his life's work to ...

Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II’s Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism.

A recently discovered correspondence between Pope Pius XII, who served as Pope during World War II, and a German Jesuit has revealed that Pius knew of the atrocities committed by the Nazis during ...

At the invitation of Pope Pius XII, the 38th (Irish) Brigade, after fighting at Sicily and Monte Cassino, paraded in St Peter’s Square. An account from the time recalled the pontiff tapping his ...

By the end of 1922, the figure of Pope Pius XI did not simply represent the highest level of the Roman Catholic Church, he was also the ultimate court of spiritual appeal to both sides.

Critics say Pius XII, sometimes labelled "Hitler's Pope", knew Nazi Germany was murdering Jews but failed to act. He reigned from 1939 to 1958. But the Vatican says Pius XII worked behind the ...