The step for the Opening for the 2. March 2020 planned, said Pope Francis on Monday in the Vatican. Many scientists have been calling for for years, the Opening of the archives from the time of the pontificate of Pius XII (1939-1958), to not be able to investigate why the Pope addressed the then-vehement against the mass murder by the Nazis of the Jews.
"The Church has no fear of history," said Francis. Pius XII did the Catholic Church "one of the saddest and darkest moments of the 20th century. Century". The "serious and objective historical research" will throw a "fair light, with a reasonable criticism," on the Act of his predecessor.
The decisions of Pius XII could be interpreted by "some restraint," Pope Francis said. However, its predecessor, have tried during the Second world war, "to keep the small flame of the humanitarian initiatives, the hidden but active diplomacy", at the Burn. (nag/AFP)
Created: 04.03.2019, 16:07 PM