Originally posted by ivanhoe
[b] The "Pius Wars" are in fact over and the scientific dispute has been settled in favour of Pius XII and the Church.
i'm not so sure about this statement. i think it's more of a "tie". yes, pius did do what he could do at the time. that wasn't much, however. basically, he was between a rock and a hard place. either way, he was getting screwed. however, i think if he spoke out more against hitler publicly, there wouldn't be as much controversy.
now, let's see the other side. if he did speak out publicly, hitler most likely would've done something about it. if he did try to save/shelter more jews, hitler most likely would've done something about it. by "keeping silent", pius tried to protect the catholic church, was not "attacked" by hitler, and at the same time managed to save some lives in the process.
the question for me is this: which way is the more moral of the two? some will say the first. others will say the second. i honestly don't know. looking back on both sides of it, there really is no easy answer. and though i personally wouldn't say that the "pius wars" were settled in his favor, i certainly do not think it is easy to determine what was the right or wrong thing to do in this situation. it's easy to be a monday morning qb. very different if it was u playing the game at the time, making the decisions.