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Pope Pius XII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

Pope Pius XII (born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, Italian pronunciation:[euˈdʒɛːnjomaˈriːadʒuˈzɛppedʒoˈvannipaˈtʃɛlli]; 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his election to the papacy, he served as secretary of the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, papal nuncio to Germany, and Cardinal Secretary of State, in which capacity he worked to conclude treaties with various European and Latin American nations, including the Reichskonkordat treaty with the German Reich.^[1]

While the Vatican was officially neutral during World War II, the Reichskonkordat and his leadership of the Catholic Church during the war remain the subject of controversy—including allegations of public silence and inaction concerning the fate of the Jews.^[2] Pius employed diplomacy to aid the victims of the Nazis during the war and, through directing the

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On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Ven. Pope Pius XII,
with the organization of «Comitato Papa Pacelli»,

Saturday, October 15, 2016, in St. Peter’s Basilica,
in Rome, at 11 A.M.,
Card. Dominique Mamberti,
Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura in the Roman Curia,
will celebrate the Holy Mass,
at the altar of the Tomb of St. Peter,
in the Vatican Grottoes.

For those wishing to take part in the celebration,
the meeting is set for 10:00 am
at Porta di Petriano (Piazza del Sant’Uffizio).

from ChurchPOP, Sept. 4, 2016

Was Pope Pius XII “Hitler’s Pope”? Or was he a determined opponent of Nazism? The debate should be settled for good now that new research shows the Vatican not only saved the lives of thousands of Jews, but also worked to assassinate Hitler.

The Nation

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Legacy of Pope Pius XII lives on 66 years after his death

By Kielce Gussie

In 1939, the 260th successor of St. Peter was elected. Not only would he face the challenge of leading the Church, but also the horrors of the second World War. And his response would be remembered for decades. This man was Pope Pius XII.

Starting in the Vatican

Eugenio Pacelli was born in Rome on March 2, 1876. At 23, he was ordained to the priesthood and began his work in what would become a long career at the Vatican. Pacelli served as a clerk in the Secretariat of State, then as Nuncio to Germany, where he brokered agreements between Bavaria and Prussia.

In 1929, Pope Pius XI created him a cardinal. 10 years later, in a brief one-day conclave, Pacelli was elected Pope and chose the name Pius XII.

A Pope in challenging times

World War II broke out six months after Pope Pius XII began his 19-year papacy. He used his diplomatic background to respond to the violence and published his first encyclical, “Summi Pontificatus,” which called for prayer to end the war. This was just the beginning