Józef and Wiktoria Ulma secretly gave shelter to eight Jews for almost two years in German-occupied Poland, hiding them from the Nazi regime during the Second World War. The Ulmas had seven children, including the unborn child in Wiktoria's womb.
The Nazis, informed
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, contributing editor Russell Shaw examines two new books that explore the Church’s role — and specifically Pope Pius XII’s actions — in rebuking the policies of Nazi Germany and protecting the lives of European
Thousands of records detailing requests to the Vatican made by Jewish people persecuted by the Nazis will be made available online to the public, the Vatican announced.
In a statement released June 23, the Vatican said universal access to the documentation, which has
The violence of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed against the Jewish people are tantamount to blasphemy, Pope Francis said.
"The divine name, the Lord himself, is blasphemed whenever the unique and distinctive dignity of the human person, created in his image, is
Writer Lisa Hendey reviews “Of Animals and Men,” a new and powerful documentary that looks at the lives of Jan and Antonina Żabiński, who lived at the zookeeper’s villa at the Warsaw Zoo during World War II. Hendey writes: “Through their courageous
A reader asks, “Why does St. Paul say, ‘We proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to gentiles’ in his first letter to the Corinthians? What does this mean?” In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope explains that for
A reader asks why we say in the Nicene Creed that Jesus rose on the third day when he wasn’t in the tomb for three full days. Monsignor Charles Pope answers this question in his latest pastoral answers column. He writes: The
Question: A skeptical friend told me that the Gospels do not agree on the date of Passover and that three Gospels say Holy Thursday was a Passover meal and one Gospel says it wasn’t. Is this true? How can I resolve this
It is “a symbolic act,” but once open, the Vatican archives on Pope Pius XII, who reigned from 1939 to 1958, “will confirm what we already know: about 967,000 Jews survived the Holocaust due to the help and initiatives of Pius XII and