The newly discovered letter, written by a German Jesuit to Pope Pius XII’s personal secretary, suggests that the pope knew of Hitler’s atrocities but chose to remain silent.
The newly discovered letter, written by a German Jesuit to Pope Pius XII’s personal secretary, suggests that the pope knew of Hitler’s atrocities but chose to remain silent.
My impression is that the Church wasn’t of one mind about whether fascism was cool. On the one hand, Mussolini was their bro. On the other, they had decided racism wasn’t cool already sometime before that point.
I think that number might be high, though, Wikipedia suggests hundreds, which is reasonable considering how big a place it is.