Posted on 12/24/2010 6:13:20 PM PST by 0beron
(Vatikan/Vienna) A new book about Pope Pius XII affords a further confirmation that future Pope Pius XII would stand against National Socialism and Adolf Hitler. "It betrays the clarity with which Pius XI and his State Secretary and future successor, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, rebutted the attempt, and the danger to underestimate, that was assessed to the German Reich's desire to seize nearby Austria." With a discussion of the new book, "God protect Austria!" by Paolo Valvo Osservatore Romano attempts to explain the relationship of Pius XII to National Socialism.
(Excerpt) Read more at eponymousflower.blogspot.com ...
Will it be translated from Austrian, for Obama?
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