If you haven’t seen it, you need to. It discusses the role of Catholics in Nazi Germany that profiled Catholic Franciscan monks that oversaw death camps in German-occupied lands. Because of the involvement of Catholic clergy in the murders of concentration camp captives, the world required a response from Pope Pius, one he was not willing to give openly. With the Nazi army at his doorstep, Pope Pius was forced to contemplate the idea that he would be kidnapped by Hitler’s forces, but not before writing his resignation and placing it in his desk, so that if he were kidnapped, Hitler would have Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, not Pope Pius XII, representative of God on Earth and leader of the Catholic Faith. Continue reading “Have You Seen Nazi Jesus?”
Have You Seen Nazi Jesus?
If you were tuned into the American Heroes Channel, AHC, you probably caught the program titled “The Nazi Jesus” that aired at 9:00 pm EST. The program covers the impossible position of Pope Pius XII (born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli) in having to choose sides between right and wrong against the German Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler.
The program on AHC is a riveting and contemplative one that forces us to view Pope Pius XII’s side of history that noted him as not openly speaking out against Hitler and defending humanity. However, under the cover of anonymity, Pope Pius XII did play a hand in the safe transport of Jewish people that ultimately saw him save twenty-five percent of the world’s Jewish population.
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