Tag Archives: Pope Pius XII

Solving a Two Thousand Year-Old Mystery

by Eleonore Villarrubia March 27, 2012

Review of The Bones of Saint Peter by John Evangelist Walsh. Sophia Institute Press, 2011. This fascinating and fairly short volume (178 pages) is a reprint of the original published in 1982. It tells the story of the search for the remains of the first pope of the Catholic Church, Saint Peter, martyred at Rome in the year 68 (some sources say 64) A.D. Tradition … More →

Posted in Articles, Book Reviews | Tagged Constantine, Father Kirschbaum, First Church of Christendom, Julian the Apostate, Maria Guarducci, Monsignor Kass, Pope Innocent X, Pope Julius II, Pope Paul VI, Pope Pius XII, Relics, Saint Peter's Basilica | 1 Comment

Evangelical Zionists Work to Bring on Armageddon and the Rapture

by Brian Kelly March 9, 2012

Pope Saint Pius X told Theodore Hertzl, founder of Zionism, that the Catholic Church would not recognize the establishment a Jewish State in Palestine because the Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messias, the Christ. Contrariwise, before becoming Pope Pius XII, Msgr. Eugenio Pacelli urged German Catholics, in the year 1926, to support a Jewish homeland in Palestine. (See today’s Catholic Culture post here.) … More →

Posted in Columns | Tagged Armageddon, Christian Zionsists, Evangelical Zionists, Israeli terrorism, Pope Pius XII, Saint Pope Pius X, The Rapture, Theodore Hertzl | 2 Comments

American Scholar Posts Article in Israeli Haaretz Lauding Pius XII’s Anti-Nazi Efforts

by Brian Kelly February 2, 2010

Zenit News: Dmitri Cavalli: “Perhaps only in a backward world such as ours would the one man who did more than any other wartime leader to help Jews and other Nazi victims, receive the greatest condemnation.” Read more here.

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1942: From the Files of Father George W. Rutler

by Brian Kelly September 16, 2009

This was a very interesting and informative historical post from Father Rutler on the Inside Catholic website. I was particularly struck but the great spiritual privilege Pope Pius XII granted to the suffering Church in Poland. Here is the clip: There were few “cafeteria Catholics” in Poland. So on May 16, Pope Pius XII granted a plenary indulgence “for all living in Polish territories who, … More →

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More Evidence Hitler Plotted to Kill or Kidnap Pius XII

by Brian Kelly June 18, 2009

ROME, JUNE 16, 2009 (Zenit.org).- New evidence published today by the newspaper of the Italian bishops gives more credence to the belief that Adolf Hitler had planned to either kidnap or kill Pope Pius XII. Full article here.

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Editor of Vatican Paper Says Communists and Catholic Progressives Maligned Pius XII

by Brian Kelly June 16, 2009

ROME, JUNE 15, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The director of the Vatican’s semi-official daily newspaper L’Osservatore Romano contends that the Black Legend surrounding Pope Pius XII and Nazism has two causes: Communist propaganda and division within the Church. Giovanni Maria Vian affirmed this when he talked with ZENIT about a book that he edited titled “In Difesa di Pio XII: Le Ragioni della Storia” (In Defense of … More →

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Pius XII Left Resignation Document If Taken Prisoner by Hitler

by Brian Kelly April 23, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk reports: “Pope Pius XII told senior bishops that should he be arrested by the Nazis, his resignation would become effective immediately, paving the way for a successor, according to documents in the Vatican’s Secret Archives.” Read article here.

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Pope Remembers Ukrainian Victims of Stalin’s Forced Famine

by Brian Kelly November 24, 2008

It is beyond our imagination. To die of starvation. Such was the sacrifice of three million Ukrainians and many other peoples under the satanic regime of Joseph Stalin. It took only one year. “And how many divisions has the Pope?” the dictator once asked in mockery of the Vicar of Christ. When the monster died in 1953, Pius XII remarked, “Now, Stalin knows how many … More →

Posted in History, News | Tagged Famine, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Pius XII, Stalin, Ukraine | 1 Comment

Catholic Truth and the Salvation of Souls are at Stake

by Brother André Marie February 15, 2008

“I believe the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews owes those of us in the dialogue some explanation of how the theologies behind the two prayers can stand together, and whether Cardinal Kasper’s often-quoted statement that Jews should not be the subject of proselytizing because they have authentic revelation and are already in a valid covenantal relationship with God. Does the new papal … More →

Posted in Current Issues in the Church, Heresies and Errors, Theology, «Ad Rem» A Weekly Email Message from the Prior | Tagged Council of Florence, Pope Pius XII, Saint Augustine, Saint Justin Martyr, Saint Thomas Aquinas | 1 Comment

Avery Cardinal Dulles and Salvation

by Brother André Marie February 4, 2008

It is no secret that Father Avery Dulles, S.J., the Jesuit theologian created Cardinal in 2001, was, before his entrance into the Society of Jesus in 1946, a founder of the original Saint Benedict Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Wikipedia article on him mentions this in passing. While Father Dulles retained an obvious respect and even love for Father Feeney (as attested in an article … More →

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Reply to a Liberal: Conclusion

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

Modern liberalism, which makes membership in the Catholic Church unnecessary for salvation, undermines something more than the dogma that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. In postulating the existence of an Invisible Church, or in suggesting that membership in the Visible Church can be invisible and purely internal, liberals are actually, whether they realize it or not, endangering the doctrine of the Incarnation.

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Reply to a Liberal Part III: Baptism

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

Contents : 1. Baptism is Absolutely Necessary for Salvation. 2. Is Baptism by Itself Sufficient for Salvation? 3. Baptism of Blood and Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

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Reply to a Liberal Part II: Outside the Church There is No Salvation

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

Contents : 1. Explicit Faith in the Catholic Church and in Her Teaching is Necessary for Salvation. 2. there Two Kinds of Membership in the Church? 3. Can a Person Who Remains Separated from the Church be Saved? 4. Are Protestants Formal Heretics? 5. Pope Pius IX’s Real Teaching with Regard to the Salvation of Non-Catholics 6. Concerning the Question of Ignorance

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Reply to a Liberal Part I: Answer to Five Minor Points

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

I It seems to be a habit of liberal theologians to give more weight to the opinions of theologians of their own type than to the infallible definitions of the Church. Some of them never quote the Scriptures and the Councils; others do, usually by way of pious preamble.

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Reply to a Liberal – Introduction

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

We have been asked many times to explain what we mean by the term “liberal Catholic.” Articles in each issue of From the Housetops have referred to these “liberals,” accusing them of religious indifferentism, or lack of concern for the Faith, of absence of loyalty to the Church, to the Pope, to the officially appointed teachers of Catholic doctrine, and, at times, of open heresy.