Rush to judgment
Catholics Didn't Kidnap Holocaust Children--World War II Jewish church Vatican pope Pius XII Ron Rychlak Roncalli baptized- B.
. . . These Vatican instructions regarding the return of Jewish children were prompted by a meeting between the Pope and Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog of Palestine in March 1946. In a surviving letter sent at that time, the rabbi expressed his profound thanks for the "thousands of children who were hidden in Catholic institutions." Herzog noted that Pius XII "has worked to banish anti-Semitism in many countries" and concluded with an invocation: "God willing, may history remember that when everything was dark for our people, His Holiness lit a light of hope for them." . . .
Consider the case of the Polish Catholic woman Leokadia Jaromirska, who was later honored as a Righteous Gentile. She sought the Pope's permission to keep the little girl whom she was raising as a Catholic even though the Jewish father had returned. In his book "Avenue of the Righteous" (1980), author Peter Hellman reports that Jaromirska "was instructed by the Pope to return the child to its father." The Pope explained that it "was her duty as a Catholic not only to give back the child, but do it with good will and in friendship." . . .
The European press has now fully exposed the falsehood of Melloni's account. In a front-page story entitled "The real document of Pius XII and the Jewish children," the Italian newspaper Il Giornale compared the text of the original document to Melloni's claims and vindicated Pope Pius XII. A different article in that same issue, entitled "The Hasty Scoop of Professor Melloni," chastised Melloni for publishing an incomplete document. The paper Il Foglio explained: "Now it is no longer a case of Pius XII. It is no longer a case of Roncalli. It is now a case of Melloni." Jewish historian Michael Tagliacozzo, a leading authority on (and survivor of) the 1943 Nazi roundup of Roman Jews, wrote in the Italian newspaper Avvenire: "Pius XII kidnapper of children? But let us be done with such foolishness!" Tagliacozzo confirmed that Jewish children were "returned to their parents as soon as possible." Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2005/01/Postwar-Catholics-Jewish-Children-And-A-Rush-To-Judgment.aspx?p=3#ixzz1HFvrQKC1
Apparently there has been a massive rush to judgment concerning Pope Pius XII based on what more and more appear to be fraudulent documents that too many in the media have accepted as genuine without bothering to check their authenticity. Do your homework before you pile on somebody, people . . .
Not to be nasty about it, but I wonder how many of those who were so quick to lash out at the Roman Catholic Church over issues such as this, claiming that it was that long siege of verified assaults on children by Roman Catholic priests that make them so quick to condemn everything Roman Catholic, are covert pedophiles and others who are taking this opportunity to raise a ruckus which they hope will keep the public permanently distracted from checking their own personal histories. I've known quite a few people who, in one breath, angrily condemned anyone even remotely connected with pedophilia, but who also, in the next, made it clear that they had more than a little of that sort of obsession themselves -- the first was an unsuccessful try at keeping others unaware of their real desires, and the second was a Darwin-Award contender's lurch toward being recognized for just those desires. It gets rancid out there, people.
. . . These Vatican instructions regarding the return of Jewish children were prompted by a meeting between the Pope and Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog of Palestine in March 1946. In a surviving letter sent at that time, the rabbi expressed his profound thanks for the "thousands of children who were hidden in Catholic institutions." Herzog noted that Pius XII "has worked to banish anti-Semitism in many countries" and concluded with an invocation: "God willing, may history remember that when everything was dark for our people, His Holiness lit a light of hope for them." . . .
Consider the case of the Polish Catholic woman Leokadia Jaromirska, who was later honored as a Righteous Gentile. She sought the Pope's permission to keep the little girl whom she was raising as a Catholic even though the Jewish father had returned. In his book "Avenue of the Righteous" (1980), author Peter Hellman reports that Jaromirska "was instructed by the Pope to return the child to its father." The Pope explained that it "was her duty as a Catholic not only to give back the child, but do it with good will and in friendship." . . .
The European press has now fully exposed the falsehood of Melloni's account. In a front-page story entitled "The real document of Pius XII and the Jewish children," the Italian newspaper Il Giornale compared the text of the original document to Melloni's claims and vindicated Pope Pius XII. A different article in that same issue, entitled "The Hasty Scoop of Professor Melloni," chastised Melloni for publishing an incomplete document. The paper Il Foglio explained: "Now it is no longer a case of Pius XII. It is no longer a case of Roncalli. It is now a case of Melloni." Jewish historian Michael Tagliacozzo, a leading authority on (and survivor of) the 1943 Nazi roundup of Roman Jews, wrote in the Italian newspaper Avvenire: "Pius XII kidnapper of children? But let us be done with such foolishness!" Tagliacozzo confirmed that Jewish children were "returned to their parents as soon as possible." Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2005/01/Postwar-Catholics-Jewish-Children-And-A-Rush-To-Judgment.aspx?p=3#ixzz1HFvrQKC1
Apparently there has been a massive rush to judgment concerning Pope Pius XII based on what more and more appear to be fraudulent documents that too many in the media have accepted as genuine without bothering to check their authenticity. Do your homework before you pile on somebody, people . . .
Not to be nasty about it, but I wonder how many of those who were so quick to lash out at the Roman Catholic Church over issues such as this, claiming that it was that long siege of verified assaults on children by Roman Catholic priests that make them so quick to condemn everything Roman Catholic, are covert pedophiles and others who are taking this opportunity to raise a ruckus which they hope will keep the public permanently distracted from checking their own personal histories. I've known quite a few people who, in one breath, angrily condemned anyone even remotely connected with pedophilia, but who also, in the next, made it clear that they had more than a little of that sort of obsession themselves -- the first was an unsuccessful try at keeping others unaware of their real desires, and the second was a Darwin-Award contender's lurch toward being recognized for just those desires. It gets rancid out there, people.