[IrishCatholic]

I’m interested in history.

“Pope Pius XII greeted Hitler as the Savior of Germany.”

You put that in quotes. Who are you quoting? What is the source of your quote?

[vladimir998]

I have not been able to find any original source that says that yet so far. It might be a myth.

[TSgt]

http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/joseph_mccabe/big_blue_books/book_02.html#2

It was, however, not until Pacelli had left Germany that the Nazis showed any prospect of ever attaining power, and he regarded them as a vulgar and disorderly rabble led by a bunch of unsavory apostates and "pansies." Three years later he would, as Secretary of State, compel the proud German hierarchy, against their very decided will, to greet Hitler as the Savior of Germany and the White Hope of the Church, Let us remember, when we get to that point in the next booklet, that Pacelli did not act from ignorance. He was less innocent than Chamberlain. If he had any ability at all -- and he has considerable ability -- he knew Germany thoroughly. Will Catholics call it a wicked suspicion if we assume that this observer of events, who lived eight years in Munich and four in Berlin, had read Mein Kampf? He knew the program: the glorification of the German race, the domination of Europe, the annexation of the Ukraine, the massacre of the Jews, the annihilation of France -- in a word, war on a stupendous scale. Catholics do not obtrude today his intimate knowledge of Germany.

[vladimir998]

this is the closest to an oriinal source that I have found:

“as Secretary of State, Pope, Pius XII
(Eugenio Pacelli) greeted Hitler as the
Savior of Germany and the White Hope
of the Church.”
-How The Pope of Peace Traded in Blood;
The Red Record of the Holy Fathers;
by Joseph McCabe
Haldeman-Julius; 1941

http://babylon-the-great.xanga.com/674561228/item/

Here it is online:

“It was, however, not until Pacelli had left Germany that the Nazis showed any prospect of ever attaining power, and he regarded them as a vulgar and disorderly rabble led by a bunch of unsavory apostates and “pansies.” Three years later he would, as Secretary of State, compel the proud German hierarchy, against their very decided will, to greet Hitler as the Savior of Germany and the White Hope of the Church, Let us remember, when we get to that point in the next booklet, that Pacelli did not act from ignorance. He was less innocent than Chamberlain. If he had any ability at all — and he has considerable ability — he knew Germany thoroughly. Will Catholics call it a wicked suspicion if we assume that this observer of events, who lived eight years in Munich and four in Berlin, had read Mein Kampf? He knew the program: the glorification of the German race, the domination of Europe, the annexation of the Ukraine, the massacre of the Jews, the annihilation of France — in a word, war on a stupendous scale. Catholics do not obtrude today his intimate knowledge of Germany.”

http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/joseph_mccabe/big_blue_books/book_02.html

[marshmallow]

I’m interested in history. “Pope Pius XII greeted Hitler as the Savior of Germany.” You put that in quotes. Who are you quoting? What is the source of your quote?

May I?

The quote comes from a book entitled "How the Pope of Peace Traded in Blood" by Joseph McCabe.

McCabe was an English writer who spent some time training for the Catholic priesthood with the Franciscans but left and took up the cause of militant atheism.

From the link:

"One of the giants of not only English atheism, but world atheism, Joseph McCabe left a legacy of aggressive atheist and antireligious literature that remains fresh and insightful today. His many works-- he wrote nearly 250 books--could constitute a library of atheism by themselves."

Other books by McCabe:

The Popes and Their Church
Rome's Syllabus Of Condemned Opinions; The Last Blast Of The Catholic Church's Medieval Trumpet

A thoroughly balanced and objective source of information, you can be sure.