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Entry: Patrick Buchanan and the Necessary Book Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/patrick_buchanan_and_the_necessary_book#30330 Post contents: Mr. Zmirak: I admire your article tremendously, but I quibble with your total exoneration of Pius XII. He was NOT so pro-active as he needed to be in saving Jewish lives. Also, he owed SOMETHING to the moral authority of his Church, and should have taken a PUBLIC stand against Nazism, whether it cost him his life or not. Why else do the ecclesiastics of the Roman Church wear robes dyed in the liturgical colour of martyrdom? Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli FORGED baptismal certificates for Jews and is reported to have responded, when asked by one of his officials, what the Vatican could do, to counter the <i>Deputy</i> play, "What can one say against the truth?" The Catholic Church's record in most of Europe outside of Germany is, indeed, very good, but Pius XII showed himself, in this instance, not to be possessed of "heroic sanctity." Sent at: 2008 12 01