Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Despite prejudices, many Catholics helped rescue Jews in Nazi-occupied Italy (CNS)

Research on assistance to Jews in Italy during World War II was presented at a conference in Rome, “New Documents from the Pontificate of Pope Pius XII and their Meaning for Jewish-Christian Relations.”

During the conference, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, defended Pope Pius XII’s wartime record.