The Venerable Pope Pius XII
October 9th AD 2008—The Fiftieth Anniversary of Pope Pius' Death
March 12th AD 2009—The Seventieth Anniversary of Pope Pius' Pontificate
Revised: 22 JJune AD 2017
Octave Day of Corpus Christi
Feast of Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop
GENERAL
- Official Canonization Website-English Texts and Videos
- Patron Saints Index: Venerable Pope Pius XII
- Time Magazine, December 14, 1953 Cover Picture
- Time Magazine, December 14, 1953 Cover Article, "Urbi et Orbi"
- Video: "The First Years of Eugenio Pacelli Part I (1876-1919)"
- Video: "The First Years of Eugenio Pacelli Part II (1920-1932)
- Video: "The First Years of Eugenio Pacelli Part III (1933-1938
- Video: "Pope's Election (Pius XII-Eugenio Pacelli)
- Video: The Last Years of Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli 1951-1958)
WRITINGS
- Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Papal Encyclicals Online—Pope Pius XII: Mar. 2, 1939 - Oct. 9, 1958
- The Web Site of the Holy See
CONTROVERSY
- Church of Spies
- The BBC conceded it was false to describe the Church as being 'silent' in the face of Nazism
- For years Pius XII has been smeared. The BBC retraction shows the tide is turning
- Hero Pope: Church of Spies
- A Russian KGB defector on Pope Pius XII (among other things).
- Another Jewish historian concludes that the latest research ‘erases’ the image of a Pius XII indifferent to the fate of the Jews
- 'Seat 12' Soviet conspiracy to discredit Pope Pius XII
- Haaretz - 'Pope Pius XII saved thousands of Jews'
- Selwyn Duke (New American) "Pope Pius XII- Hero in the Unmaking" - 5 March AD 2010
- Dimitri Cavalli (Haaretz) - "Much-maligned pontiff" 22 January AD 2010
- CathNews "New evidence that Hitler plotted to kill Pius XII" June 18, 2009
- Patrick Madrid - "Pope Pius XII and the Jews"
- Gary Krupp (NY Daily News) - "Stop persecuting Pius -- WWII pontiff is branded "Hitler's Pope," but he did much to save the Jews"
- James Bogle - "The Real Story of Pius XII and the Jews"
- Inside the Vatican - "Turning Point on Pius XII?" 12 October AD 2009 (70th Anniversary of Pope Pius' Pontificate)
- Catholic League "Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust"
- CNS: Sainthood congregation recommends Pope Pius XII be named venerable
- EWTN: Library Documents on Pius XII
- Rabbi David G. Dalin, "Pius XII and the Jews," 26 February 2001
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Sister Margherita Marchione. Ph.D., "The Truth About Pope Pius XII"
- Malcolm Moore, " 'Nazi' Pope Helped Jews flee Holocaust" Telegraph.co.uk 31 March 2007
- Ion Mihail Pacepa - Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican: The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority
- Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust: Resources On Line Resources In Print In The News
- Victor L. Simpson, Washington Post: "Vatican Defends WW II Pope," 5 June AD 2007
- Thomas E. Woods reviews Rabbi David Dalin's The Myth of Hitler's Pope:
- Zenit: More Evidence Pius XII Was Not Hitler's Pope - German Files Point to a Russian Plot
