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American Jew comes to the defense of Pius XII
Posted on Sep 17, 2008 06:05am CST.By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Rome
Defenders of Pius XII, whose alleged silence on the Holocaust is a source of tension between Jews and Catholics, met in Rome this week to project a more positive image of the wartime pope. While that’s perhaps not remarkable, the aegis under which they gathered certainly is – a foundation called “Pave the Way,” dedicated to interreligious understanding and led by an American Jew.
