http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/holocaust-museum-open-the-vatican-archives Religion editor Frank Lockwood's spirituality blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:22:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/holocaust-museum-open-the-vatican-archives/comment-page-1#comment-19654 Niall Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:37:51 +0000 http://biblebeltblogger.com/?p=1964#comment-19654 Why don't they just ask Dan Brown? Why don’t they just ask Dan Brown?

]]> http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/holocaust-museum-open-the-vatican-archives/comment-page-1#comment-19594 Caleb Powers Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:09:30 +0000 http://biblebeltblogger.com/?p=1964#comment-19594 I think the book "Hitler's Pope" tells us about all we need to know about the dear departed Pius XII's role in the holocaust, and his anti-semitic behavior much earlier. It would also be interesting to see what his response was to the problem -- which had surfaced before his death in 1958 -- of pedophile priests. By 1954, such priests were regularly sent to a facility in New Mexico operated by the Servants of the Paraclete, an organization originally founded to help alcoholic priests. One wonders how much Pius XII knew, and how much of the coverup he personally approved. We do know that his successor, John XXIII personally signed an order requiring all cases of sexual misconduct by priests to be kept secret: I would imagine the same rule was in place during Pius' reign. I think the book “Hitler’s Pope” tells us about all we need to know about the dear departed Pius XII’s role in the holocaust, and his anti-semitic behavior much earlier. It would also be interesting to see what his response was to the problem — which had surfaced before his death in 1958 — of pedophile priests. By 1954, such priests were regularly sent to a facility in New Mexico operated by the Servants of the Paraclete, an organization originally founded to help alcoholic priests. One wonders how much Pius XII knew, and how much of the coverup he personally approved. We do know that his successor, John XXIII personally signed an order requiring all cases of sexual misconduct by priests to be kept secret: I would imagine the same rule was in place during Pius’ reign.

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