Dlaczego papież Pius XII nigdy nie potępił wprost Holokaustu? | Arte

Before he became Pope Pius II, Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini authored a controversial romance that would later embarrass him. In 1444 he wrote The Tale of Two Lovers, a series of fictional letters describing a forbidden affair between Lucretia, a married woman, and Euryalus, a man of lower status in Siena, Italy. The scandalous novel became an international bestseller and was widely printed after its first Cologne edition in 1467, eventually translated from Latin into many languages. Years later, a

On this day in 1939, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected the 260th Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Roman Church, choosing the name Pius XII. Faced with the challenging times of World War II, Pope Pius XII was a tireless peacemaker, dedicated to bringing the light of Christ to a shattered world. | Vatican News