Vatican opens archives on history's most controversial popeThe mountain of documents took 14 years for Holy See archivists to prepare for release. VATICAN CITY: The Vatican unseals the archives of history's most contentious popes on Monday, potentially shedding light on why Pius XII stayed silent during the extermination of six million Jews in the Holocaust. - Cryptic Christmas message -On December 24, 1942, Pius XII delivered one of history's most debated Christmas radio messages. "After the war, Pius XII told a British ambassador: 'I was very clear.' Wolf, the German historian, added that Pius XII "remained very withdrawn after the war, saying nothing about the Holocaust".

Source: Bangkok Post March 01, 2020 03:22 UTC