Pius XII, still open questions

by Letters Editor · November 9, 2009

Your October that Pope Pius XII be named �Righteous Among the Nations� refers. Gary Krupp, who heads an American Jewish organisation, is said to be leading such a campaign. The fact that this is so controversial should perhaps disqualify any attempt at beatification.

Candidates for beatification should stand out as universal beacons of light; they should be beyond reproach. It should unite, not divide.

Did Pius XII do enough to stop the Holocaust; to speak out unequivocally against these human rights abuses; to protect Jews in Rome that were deported to death camps, or any Jews that appealed to the Vatican for help; to show leadership as Jesus Christ would have?

I hope he did, but I do not know. I feel, though, that if he had, he would have been acknowledged already. I�d like to know the truth.

Statements from supporters of the beatification that �a strong public stance against the Nazis would likely have resulted in swift reprisals against Jews� do not wash with me.

Steve Lincoln, Edenvale