Unrepentant Vatican.
by
Steven Shamrak
Not long ago, a
spokesperson for Pope Benedict XVI said that the Pope would not visit Israel
until a caption attached to a photo hanging in Yad Vashem of Pope Pius XII, who
reigned during the Holocaust era, was removed. The caption states that Pius XII
"abstained from signing the Allied declaration condemning the
extermination of the Jews" and "maintained his neutral position
throughout the war".
Yad Vashem, the Israeli
Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, stands by the description and affirms that it
has ensured that the presentation of the subject in the Holocaust History
Museum at Yad Vashem is based on the best research regarding this topic.
Millions of Christians also
died during WW2 including priests and nuns, but Pope Pius XII did not protest!
The Church did not protest about the genocide of the Roma people or the Nazi
hunt for the members of the 'wicked' Christian denominations.
The Vatican claims that
Pius worked "secretly and silently". We must be direct and honest
about it: Yes, he was silent! Some assert that the Vatican was actively
involved in saving up to 860,000 Jews by establishing an escape network in some
countries. Even if this is true, they disregard the fact that by speaking out
against Nazi policy toward Jews, Pope Pius XII could have stopped or at least
greatly reduced collaboration with Nazis by the Catholics in Poland, the Baltic
region, Ukraine and France, as well as the co-operation of all Christians in
Europe. Without the local 'assistance' that the Christian population eagerly
provided to the Fascists, or their silence, the Holocaust would not happened
and most Jews in Europe would have survived!
In addition to physical
reduction of the 'unholy' Jewish population in Europe, the Vatican had another
hidden agenda - 'Saving' Jewish souls! For example, it is estimated that in
Hungary alone, up to 80,000 Jews were baptised by the Church authorities. Most
of the time, newly issued baptismal certificates were ignored by the Nazis and
many Jews were killed as 'Christians', at least in the twisted mind of the
Church's statistical bureaucracy. Conversion of Jews, which the Church is still
pursuing since the end of the Great Inquisition, is another big theological and
moral issue!
The ugliest part of this
saga is that during the last 60 years since the end of WW2, and several
pontiffs later, the Vatican has still not changed its medieval attitude toward
Jews. The Church leadership has shown a high level of contempt for the main
Christian doctrines: "Love your neighbour" and "Repentance".
They are applicable to everything and anything, as long as it is not about
Jews! Ordinary Catholics must confess their sins, but not the leaders of the
Church with the blood of the fellow Christians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims,
Africans, American Indians and Australian Aborigines on their hands, spilled
during the many centuries of Catholic reign and influence.
Well, with this continuous anti-Israel attitude and the lame apology made by the Vatican several years ago, who needs another… Well, unfortunately, there are too many hostile international hypocrites visiting Israel!