David Kertzer — Continuing Coverage

February 27, 2020

The following news coverage features David Kertzer's commentary regarding the March 2, 2020 opening of Vatican archives for controversial wartime papacy of Pope Pius XII - who reigned from 1939 to 1958. 

Additional news coverage includes:

Vatican set to open secret archives of controversial wartime Pope Pius XII - CBC

Vatican Sees Intense Interest in Opening of Pius XII Archive - The New York Times

No 'smoking gun' in wartime archives of Pius XII on Holocaust, Vatican says - Reuters

Controversial wartime Pope Pius XII's archives to be opened on March 2 - The JC

Opening of 'Hitler's Pope" Archive May Shed More Light on Roles of Vatican and Pius XII During World War II - Newsweek

Judgment day: Vatican ready to open its Holocaust files to the world - The Times (London)

What the Vatican's secret archives are about to reveal - The Atlantic

Vatican Opens Archives of World War II-Era Pope Pius XII - NPR

Pope Pius XII was silent during the Holocaust. Now Vatican records will reveal if he collaborated with the Nazis. - The Washington Post

The Pope, the Jews, and the secrets in the archives - The Atlantic

Unsealed Archives Give Fresh Clues to Pope Pius XII's Response to the Holocaust - New York Times

Records from once-secret archive offer new clues into Vatican response to Holocaust - NPR

Our view: The Nazi past still with us - Durango Herald

Pope Pius XII ignored advice to stand up for Jews - The Times (UK)

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