ROME - Pope Francis has ordered the online publication of 170 volumes of its Jewish files from the recently opened Pope Pius XII archives, the Vatican announced Thursday, amid renewed debate about the ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI praised Pius XII on Saturday as a great historical figure and implied that excessive attention had been paid to what the wartime pontiff did or ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. On March 12, 1940, the Vatican ...

It is no surprise that, within a few days of being elected, Pope Francis has been attacked by those who claim that he has acted much like Pius the XII, who is alleged to have aided and abetted the ...

Pope Francis announced Monday that the Vatican will open the secret archives of Pius XII in March next year, which could shed light on his actions during World War II. Researchers have long sought to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. On March 12, 1940, the Vatican ...

My first Pope-related experience came when I was assigned a scrapbook on the late Pope Pius XII. Since he died in 1958, I assume this was a life summary scrapbook and I would have been in second grade ...