Ever since World War II, a controversy has raged about Pope Pius XII. Was the Pope who had shepherded the Church through the war a Nazi sympathizer? Was he, as some have dared call him, Hitler's pope? Did he do nothing to help the Jewish people in the grips of the Holocaust? We talk with Ron Rychlak.

Further Reading

Hitler, the War, and the Pope, Revised and Expanded

Guest Info

Ronald J. Rychlak is an American lawyer, jurist, author and political commentator. He is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law and is holder of the Jamie L. Whitten Chair in Law and Government. He is the author of Hitler, the War and the Pope.

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