Pope Pius XII blessing a crowd gathered in the Vatican in 1954.Bettmann A newly-uncovered Vatican 1942 letter suggests that then-Pope Pius XII likely knew about Nazi genocide. The letter describes ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s mostly warm but sometimes chilly relationship with the worldwide Jewish community may have just hit a major ice patch. On Thursday, Benedict put his moral weight (though not yet ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21, there's been a great deal of interest in popes of the past as members of the Catholic Church prepare for a new leader. Following a series of ...

ROME – Two new discoveries regarding Pope Pius XII are rekindling debate over the role of the wartime pontiff, including a letter suggesting he had earlier knowledge of the Holocaust than previously ...

Newly unearthed wartime correspondence from Pope Pius XII indicates he may have known about the Holocaust earlier than previously believed. Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, on Sunday reproduced ...

ROME — Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in ...

VATICAN CITY - Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler gave one of his generals a direct order to kidnap Pope Pius XII during World War Two but the officer did not obey, Italy's leading Roman Catholic newspaper ...

The drama is called Der Stellvertreter, a title that has been translated as The Representative or The Deputy, hut is perhaps best rendered as The Vicar—in echo of the title Vicar of Christ on Earth, ...

Michele Ghislieri, later St. Pius V, was born in Bosco, northern Italy, in 1504 and ordained a Dominican priest in 1528. Recognizing his holiness and learning, his community elected him prior four ...

A newly-uncovered Vatican 1942 letter suggests that then-Pope Pius XII likely knew about Nazi genocide. The letter describes crematoriums and the mass murder of Jewish and Polish people. Pope Pius XII ...

ROME (AP) — Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each ...