Language:
French
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique
Angaben zur Quelle:
99,3-4 (2004) 758-767
Keywords:
Pius
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Catholic Church
;
Church history 20th century
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
The motif of papal silence, initially raised on the subject of Benedict XV and his behavior during World War I, was revived in 1933 in relation to Pius XI, who was silent about the persecution of the Jews save for a condemnation of antisemitism on the Belgian radio in 1938. Diplomatic rules, created in the interwar period, limited protests to the national level and established that the Pope was to remain impartial and to reinforce Christian principles as a basis for international relations. Argues that Pius XII followed these same principles; his few words of compassion for the Jews on Christmas 1942 were but a "murmur", and he did not condemn the Judeocide after the war. However, the Pope cannot be judged in the light of what we know about the Shoah today. Awareness of the uniqueness of the Shoah only began to develop in the 1960s, when charges against Pius XII were first raised.
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