''He should not be held up as a model because he did not raise his voice, even if he tried to help us secretly; the fact that he did not speak remains, perhaps because he was afraid...and we can't forget that''.
"The voice of Pius XII is a lonely voice in the silence and darkness enveloping Europe this Christmas." NY Times 25 December 1941
"This Christmas more than ever he is a lonely voice crying out of the silence of a continent." NY Time 25 December 1942