Pope Francis announced today (March 4, 2019) that the Vatican will open a secret archive on Pope Pius XII, the controversial pontiff who critics say ignored the Jewish Holocaust during World War II, according to the UPI website.
Pope Francis said the church "isn't afraid of history" and Pope Pius XII's legacy has been treated with "some prejudice and exaggeration."
The documents will be released on March 2, 2020.
Eugenio Pacelli was confirmed as Pope Pius XII in 1939 and served util 1958. "For more than 30 years, the American Jewish Committee has called for the full opening of the Holy See's Secret Archives from the period of World War II," said AJC inter-religious affairs director Rabbi David Rosen.
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