“Be proud to be a Jew!” Those were the reassuring words of Pope Pius XII as he offered consolation to a distressed Jew in 1941 according to a new report issued by Zenit News. Historically, Pope Pius XII has been vilified in modern times as the pope who did nothing to stop the Germans from persecuting the Jews, in turn allowing the genocide of the Jews in Germany during World War II. In point of fact, Pope Pius XII is estimated to have saved anywhere from 400,000 to 700,000 Jews from Nazi Germany. He was awarded a medal by the...