Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

critically examines Pope Pius XII. According to his research, the Catholic Church under Pius XII was instrumental in saving 860,000 Jews from Nazi death camps (p. 214). Could Pius have saved more ...

On October 9, 1958, after an extended decline, Pope Pius XII breathed his last at Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence ...

The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret: It has opened up the files of controversial World War II-era Pope Pius XII to ...

Blackedged posters proclaiming the death of Pope Pius XII covered the walls of the city, and everywhere, among the poor and the prosperous, men were wearing black armbands and women black veils.

Thousands were transported to the death camp of Belzec in Nazi-occupied ... The relationship between Pope Pius XII and Nazi leadership, especially Adolf Hitler, has long been uncovered and brought ...

Critics say Pius XII, sometimes labelled "Hitler's Pope", knew Nazi Germany was murdering Jews but failed to act. He reigned from 1939 to 1958. But the Vatican says Pius XII worked behind the ...

It interrogates the attitude of Pope Pius XII during World War II. Had Pius XII, because of his fears of Communism, shown too much understanding or compliance toward Nazism, from the mid-1930s ...

Historically, the Church has mostly been unopposed to the death penalty, including into the 20th Century. In 1952, Pope Pius XII said it was not a violation of the universal right to life.