(June 13, 2012 at 4:22 pm)Aiza Wrote: So lets see, he hid Jewish people in the Vatican, arranged for emergency passports for many more, expressly condemned anti-Semitism and genocide on mutliple occasions, ordered clergy to do whatever they could to help Jewish people, and authored the very first condmenation of Nazi Germany by any major institution (at a time when he had many supporters in the US). All this while engulfed by facist Italy at the same time. And it already was a sin for Catholics to "slaughter" anyone, mind, and going against the Church results in automatic excommunication, so um....either you are being rather dishonest or whatever site you copy+pasted that from is being rather dishonest (as if it wasn't already for accusing Pope Pius XII for not speaking out at Kristallnacht, ffs) .
But, the pope never excommunicated Hitler, did he? So, how serious was the condemnation? Why does this sadly remind me of a three card monte game? Who has control of the cards?
Why should the vicar of christ be worried about his proximity to the Itallian state during WWII? Being the vicar of christ comes with revelatory power, so was he more concerned with the then current geopolitical concerns or was he doing the lord's bidding? Surely, the vicar of christ would not have to concern himself with a little local conflageration, right?
All I have to do now is sit back and wait for your 'mysterious ways' defence.
