An article in Our Sunday Visitor dated June 12, 2011 reports on wartime correspondence between Myron Taylor, President Franklin Roosevelt's representative to the Holy See, and his British counterpart, Sir D'arcy Osborne in which Osborne expressed his fear that Pius XII would make a radio appeal for Hungarian Jews and criticize Russians for their actions in occupied countries. Osborne said something should be done to prevail upon the Pope not to do that because Osborne feared such an appeal would have "very serious political repercussions." This 1944 document lends support to the necessity for balancing any public statements and denunciations with deadly political repercussions which could include Nazi reprisals against Jews.
Dr. Ronald Rychlak, Law Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Mississippi School of Law, found the aforementioned war correspondence, and is quoted extensively by OSV as a primary authority on Pius XII during WWII. Dr. Rychlak's most recent 2010 book explores fascinating new data implicating the KGB in the cold war disinformation program to discredit the Vatican by besmirching the character and reputation of Pius XII.
Dr. Rychlak is scheduled to speak on these topics at a Credo Dinner Forum in Clayton, MO on Sunday evening, June 12.
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