"Document Renews Debate On Vatican Role in WWII" Topic

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Tango01

12 Jun 2021 10:14 p.m. PST

"Just after World War II, the Vatican instructed French Catholic authorities not to hand baptized Jewish children back to their parents, according to a recently revealed document. The discovery has re-rekindled disputes over the wartime role of Pope Pius XII.

An Italian newspaper recently published the 1946 Vatican directive, approved by Pope Pius, which contained no reference to the Holocaust.

For Catholics, baptism means belonging to the Church. As for non-baptized children, the directive said the church would deal with each request on a case-by-case basis…"
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