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washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israels-national-holocaust-memorial-softens-portrayal-of-wartime-pope-pius/2012/07/01/gJQAXmMWFW_story.html
"The old text at Yad Vashem, headlined, “Pope Pius XII,” refers to the “controversy” surrounding the pontiff’s conduct, but offered only criticism.
The new text, headlined, “The Vatican,” retains the criticism, but it adds his supporters’ position that Pius’ silence in condemning the murder of Jews was not a moral failure but a tactic that prevented harsher measures against church institutions, enabling church officials to carry out secret rescue missions.
For years, Yad Vashem has urged the Vatican to open its wartime archives to historians, but Franco said that is years away. “Only when all material is available will a clearer picture emerge,” the memorial said."
"The old text at Yad Vashem, headlined, “Pope Pius XII,” refers to the “controversy” surrounding the pontiff’s conduct, but offered only criticism.
The new text, headlined, “The Vatican,” retains the criticism, but it adds his supporters’ position that Pius’ silence in condemning the murder of Jews was not a moral failure but a tactic that prevented harsher measures against church institutions, enabling church officials to carry out secret rescue missions.
For years, Yad Vashem has urged the Vatican to open its wartime archives to historians, but Franco said that is years away. “Only when all material is available will a clearer picture emerge,” the memorial said."