Pius XII (1876-1958), pope from 1939 to 1958, guided the Roman Catholic Church through the difficult years of World War II and the postwar period, when much of the eastern Catholic Church was heavily ...
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Rome (dpa) - Traditionally frail relations between Israel and the
Vatican took a strain on Friday after the Holy See's ambassador to
Jerusalem threatened not to attend the a...
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Pope Pius XII, the wartime pontiff who some have accused of remaining largely silent in the face of the Holocaust, has taken another step toward possible sainthood, the Vatican said Wednesday.A pan...
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The Vatican stepped up its defense Tuesday of Pope Pius XII, with its No. 2 official decrying that the World War II pontiff was the victim of a "black legend" claiming he remained largely silent in...
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Breaker-Uppers
Japan
's "wakaresaseya" (breaker-uppers) specialise in ruining relationships on behalf of jealous exes, disapproving dads or even one of the partners in the relationship itself. Rat...
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VATICAN CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Moves to make wartime Pope
Pius XII a saint have been delayed because Pope Benedict wants
more study of documents, an Italian newspaper reported on
Tuesday. Il Gio...
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The Vatican's ambassador to Israel attended a Holocaust memorial service on Sunday, reversing an earlier decision to boycott the event that threatened to upset fragile ties between Israel and the H...
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The Vatican and Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial got into a public spat Thursday over the wartime conduct of Pope Pius XII during the Nazi genocide, threatening to upset fragile relations bet...
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Felix Muller, 20, was born long after the Holocaust ended, but that doesn't diminish his sense of obligation to the victims."As a German, it's part of my history whether I want it or not," Muller s...
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Sirens sounded across Israel on Monday morning, bringing life to a standstill as millions of Israelis observed a moment of silence to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.The two-minute...
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The Vatican's ambassador to Israel will attend a Holocaust memorial service at the Yad Vashem museum, reversing an earlier decision to boycott the event, officials said Sunday.Vatican officials had...
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ROUNDUP: Museum caption on war time pope sparks Vatican-Israel rift
