Tag: Hitler
The Tragic Heroism of Pope Pius XII
There are commentators on the sports channels whose numbing dialogues would never be confused with the Algonquin Round Table. These are the so-called Monday Morning Quarterbacks. Some historians quarterback that way. Pope Pius XII, hailed in his lifetime as a protector of persecuted people, has suffered in reputation from lax minds who never exercised themselves… Read More ›
Hitler ‘wanted to steal’ Turin Shroud
The Turin Shroud, said to be the burial cloth of Christ, was secretly hidden in a Benedictine abbey during the Second World War because the Vatican feared that Adolf Hitler wanted to steal it. The Telegraph, Nick Squires: Rome. April 6, 2010. The shroud was transferred for its safety to the Benedictine sanctuary of Montevergine… Read More ›