"Pio XII, the archive will be opened"
(TRULY, THE ENTIRE LIST OF ACTS RELATING TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR ARE ALREADY’ THEY HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED FOR YEARS BY FATHER BLET…)
Excellent news for scholars, who will have new tools for understanding a past yet to be clarified. This is the opinion of the four historians interviewed by the editorial team for an evaluation of Bergoglio's words, which today announced the opening of the secret archive relating to the figure of Pius XII.
The provision, also greeted with appreciation by the Presidency of the UCEI, will take effect from 2 March 2020. In this regard, the Pope said he was "confident that serious and objective historical research will be able to evaluate it in its right light, with appropriate criticism, moments of exaltation of that pontiff and undoubtedly also moments of serious difficulty, of tormented decisions, of human and Christian prudence, which to some may have appeared to be reticence and which instead were attempts, humanly also very conflicted, to keep lit, in times of deepest darkness and cruelty, the flame of humanitarian initiatives, of hidden but active diplomacy, of hope in possible good openings of hearts". Read More