If Pope Leo truly believes in protecting innocent life, he should be the first to demand the dismantling of Hamas’s terror ...

A newly-uncovered Vatican 1942 letter suggests that then-Pope Pius XII likely knew about Nazi genocide. The letter describes crematoriums and the mass murder of Jewish and Polish people.

ROME — Newly discovered correspondence suggests that the World War II-era pope, Pius XII, had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each ...

Pope Francis is very interested in Pius XII because “he considers him ‘a great,’ in the same way as John XXIII is, even if for different reasons,” the source explained.

Folders marked with labels reading “Pius XII” are seen through a grating during a guided tour for media of the Vatican library on Pope Pius XII, at the Vatican, Feb. 27, 2020.

Pope Leo XIV has extended his vacation at Castel Gandolfo by two days. How does he relax? And what have other popes done with their downtime?

ROME — When the Vatican opened its sealed archives from the World War II-era pontificate of Pius XII in March, Brown University historian David Kertzer was among the first in line. Like many … ...

ROME — Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each ...

Fast Forward Newly discovered letter shows Pope Pius XII almost certainly knew about Nazi death camps Pius’ actions during the Holocaust have been the subject of debate for decades ...

(See Pope Pius XII’s reputation amid World War II, from TIME’s Archive.) Jewish groups, who still remember John Paul II’s historic efforts to open dialogue across religious boundaries, were ...

In 1965, Pope Paul VI ordered the release of some official Vatican records relating to the wartime period after Pius XII had been excoriated in Rolf Hochhuth’s 1963 play “The Deputy,” which ...