The newly discovered letter, written by a German Jesuit to Pope Pius XII’s personal secretary, suggests that the pope knew of Hitler’s atrocities but chose to remain silent.
The newly discovered letter, written by a German Jesuit to Pope Pius XII’s personal secretary, suggests that the pope knew of Hitler’s atrocities but chose to remain silent.
The church sitting by idly while atrocities go on?NEVER! /s
Come on, cut them some slack. They definitely don’t sit idly by all the time. Sometimes they actively participate or even instigate!
Brought to you by the same people who brought you the “spider network”!
That’s generous, some clergy actively participated.
Miroslav Filipović also known as “Brother Satan” was a military chaplain and Franciscan friar. He was expelled from the Franciscan order during the war for his participation, but it didn’t stop him wearing the robes, which he even wore to his execution. He was the Chief Guard of Jasenovac concentration camp, the third largest in Europe, which killed up to 100k people. It was run by the Ustaše who were very involved with the Franciscans. There were forced conversions too in the camp, even if the local Bishop didn’t approve and actively had participating priests arrested. Even the Nazis thought Jasenovac was too cruel.
The Pope later gave the Ustaše leader protection at the Vatican and helped him to flee to Argentina. He knew. They all knew. The Vatican was even sued in California for it and the looted gold the Ustaše took to the Vatican is probably still there too.
More info on the Catholic Church’s relationship with the Ustaše
If their god objected that much, he could’ve intervened right?
He didn’t.