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Vatican will release records
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Vatican will release records
Papers bear on Pope Pius XII
Associated Press
Saturday, February 16, 2002
Vatican City -- The Vatican said Friday that it would release
World War II-era documents that would shed a good light on Pope Pius
XII, criticized by Jews for failing to speak out against the
Holocaust.
The Vatican said it was opening up parts of its archive ahead of
schedule to help put an end to the "unjust and ungrateful
speculation" surrounding Pius' war...
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The Washington Times
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