Pontificate of Pius XII
1939–1958 · Event
The wartime pope: diplomatic silence over the Holocaust that historians still argue about, thousands hidden in Roman convents, and a Cold War church set hard against communism.
On these timelines: The Papacy, Master, Christianity, Major Religions, World War II
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