Hitler's Pope

[calbert at pop.tiac.net]

JBFRAME:

> Fine, as far as that goes, but when you have an unabashed anti-semite who 
> almost certainly knew the pre-war plans of the nazis, a man who accepted the 
> mantle of Christ's deputy on earth who did nothing to mitigate genocide, who 
> oversaw the escape from just punishment of those guilty of crimes against 
> humanity ,

I'm beginning to regret having started this. I'm not saying JB is 
wrong, but its very important to remember that individual catholic 
clerics died in droves protecting jews and others, catholic lay 
people as well. It is also important to distinguish between the 
active smuggling of war criminals (which I understood to be managed 
by a german cardinal), and the sheltering in catholic "sanctuaries" 
of those who were on the run. The sanctuary concept holds for the 
good and the evil.

love,
cfa