Pope Pius XII
Head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
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| September 2023 | Corriere della Sera published newly discovered Vatican documentation showing a German Jesuit informed the Pope about the Holocaust. |
| June 2022 | Historian David Kertzer published 'The Pope at War', revealing secret negotiations between Hitler and Pius XII shortly after his papal conclave. |
| January 2022 | Historian Michael F. Feldkamp discovered evidence in Vatican archives suggesting Pius XII personally saved at least 15,000 Jews and sent a Holocaust report to the American government. |
| March 4 2019 | Pope Francis announced that Vatican archival materials about Pius XII's pontificate would become accessible to scholars starting 2 March 2020. |
| May 26 2014 | Pope Francis stated that Pope Pius XII would not be beatified because the cause had stalled, primarily due to lack of attributed miracles. |
| January 2014 | Pope Francis announced his intention to open the Vatican Secret Archives to scholars to evaluate Pius XII's role during World War II before potential canonization. |
| August 1 2013 | An anonymous Vatican source suggested Pope Francis was considering canonization without a miracle using the 'scientia certa' formula. |
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