Pope prays for Pius XII sainthood process »
Posted By Jayson 1 year, 1 month ago in ReligionPope Benedict XVI gave World War II pontiff Pius XII a push toward possible sainthood Thursday and defended his memory from accusations that he did little to spare Jews from the Holocaust.
Benedict vigorously defended Pius as he celebrated a solemn Mass in St. Peter's Basilica to mark the anniversary of the pontiff's death in 1958.
The Vatican has been using the 50th anniversary of the death to mount an aggressive campaign to rebut decades-old accusations that Pius did not sufficiently wield his moral weight against Adolf Hitler's regime to try to stop the extermination of 6 million Jews.
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