Pius XII: A Pope Shrouded in Darkness
by From Hero or Villain: More Prisoners of Eternity.
" Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power, thy right dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency, thou have overthrown them that rose up against thee, thou sendest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble."( Book of Moses ).
No Pope has ever been so controversial, no incumbent of the Throne of St Peter has ever been the subject of such heated debate as Pius XII. He presided over the Catholic Church during the most dangerous and troubling time in its history. It was to emerge from this period intact and as powerful as ever but at what cost to its moral authority?
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, was born on 2 March, 1876, in Rome to an aristocratic family with strong ties to the Vatican. It was originally intended that he should be a lawyer and he did indeed gain a doctorate in law but he never practised his profession instead choosing a career in the priesthood. It was not a decision that disappointed his family whose connections, along with his legal training, would help facilitate a rapid and predictable rise through the Catholic hierarchy. He was ordained a priest on Easter Sunday, 2 April, 1899, and little did he know that he had set out on the road to being the most controversial Pope in the history of the Pontificate.
The newly ordained Father Pacelli spent little time tending to the needs of his flock, for he was from the start a Vatican high-flyer. In 1901, he entered the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs where he helped to codify Canon Law. But his time spent as an administrator dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s of catholic minutiae was short-lived. He very soon became an effective trouble-shooter for the Vatican travelling the World as the representative of the Pope abroad. Over the next 30 years he would become Archbishop, Cardinal, Papal Nuncio and Secretary of State for the Vatican, all in fairly short order.
Cardinal Pacelli’s life as a Man of God was spent in the realm of politics. In 1929, he helped to negotiate the Lateran Treaty which re-established the Catholic Church in Italy which in turn endorsed the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini providing it with the moral legitimacy it had previously lacked. Similarly, he negotiated a Concordat with Nazi Germany that whilst providing protection for Catholic associations and publications and guaranteeing the continuation of Catholic education also saw the dissolution of the Catholic Centre Party, the only strong focal point of traditional conservative opposition to the Nazi regime. This was just a part of a long history Pacelli had of negotiating with fascists. He also established a Concordat with the clerico-fascist regime of Engelbert Dollfuss in Austria and was a vocal supporter of General Franco in Spain. But all this was to pale into insignificance alongside his tenure as Pope during the dark days of World War II.
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On December 13, 2009 at 1:59 am
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On December 14, 2009 at 10:21 pm
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WhY DID.. CaTholics & MuSlims~ waiT~ unTilL ~800 -yrs.. AFTER /-Jesus ChrisT \\\\~ To Declare …THAT Allah ~ Was God of the Bible ?
whY,- DO Catholics DEMAND~!- ….{ ~ThaT~~ALLAH—~~ of ISLAM… IS – …{—.Jesus Christ …./ }
.ALLAH ,,,is THE gOD ~Of …the pope…/ /The POPE~ Kissed ALLAH’s Quran, Declaring .. ALLAH.. / GOD.. of the bible & of .. ALL chrisT~ ians !
THE POPE said: “CATHOLICS & Muslims, WE have MANY THINGS IN COMMON as BELIEVERS and as human beings…WE BELIEVE IN THE SAME GOD
THE POPE said: “CATHOLICS & Muslims, WE BELIEVE IN THE SAME GOD
,,,THE CATHOLIC GOD IS ~ THE MUSLIM GOD ….
THAT’S~ WHY… Your POPE ..~CAN- & DID ~KISS & STROKE ~ & DID – BOW…. To the Un ~ holy.. QURAN
HERE is The – AUCTUAL PHOTO ~POPE KISSIN~ HIS..~ QURAN
photos – Google Images
Furthermore~… the CATECHISM of THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 2 nd. ~ ED. # 841… DECLARES …\\\’The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the creator…. IN THE FIRST PLACE ….. amongst whom
ARE \\\’\\\’\\\’THE MUSLIMS;.
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…MUSLIMS; profess to hold the faith of abraham, & together WITH US [CATHOLICS]…THEY ADORE the ONE, merciful GOD,
,,,THE CATHOLIC GOD IS ~ THE MUSLIM GOD ….
BUT
IZZ SLAM B~ 4~ the 7th CENTURY has no, preserved record, BIBLES, NO PRESERVED BOOKS. No Historic Maps no geographic records-~-
~IZZ SLAM B~ 4~ the 7th CENTURY has NO HISTORY OF ISLAM, no CHRONICLES NO ARTIFACTS
~IZZ SLAM B~ 4~ the 7th CENTURY has NO no Genealogies of ANYONE FROM ADAM…TO …A bloody, WOODEN SPLINTERED RAPE staff,.
..OR a bloody SWORD
SEARCH ~` Enternet & Librarys …Thousands ~historic ~ VALIDATIONS~ for bible eXist Thousands ~years AGO…
buT…NOT A single 1. ~/ historical FACT eXists to PROOV~IZZ SLAM eXisTed ..B.. 4./ the ..7..th century
BIBLICAL HISTORY ~ Perfect & Correctly precise ~Scholars, Historians & Archaeologists ~GO TO THE BIBLE For Assistance, help and Reference
NO ONE On The PLANET,~ HAS EVER GONE TO A SINGLE PAGE – in the QURAN..~ for Historical & Archaeological ~Assistance, help OR References..~ IT would be a LIE..
google the bible and history u get thousands of facts proving thousands of years……the bibles data is correct
google the quran ,…u have not one single fact….proving islam eXisted b…4…the 7. th century
& CATHOLICS DEMAND,,,,ALLAH,,,,,,WHICH MEANS A curse……in the hebrew……. THIS GOD OF ISLAM…. IS THE GOD OF THE BIBLE & god of all CATHOLICS
CATHOLICS HAVE betrayed {SPIT} on~the God of the Bible…the Church of Jesus..& The Lord, savior…WITH A KISS…..Kissing the quran..
IZZ SLAM slithered allong in the 7 th CENTURY…DEMANDING….FROM ITS -{ ~pope kissed *&* RESPECTING vile QURAN~ } ALL JEWS *&* CHRIST-IANS.. WERE SENT TO HELL/ ENSLAVED / SLAUGHTERED / OR CONVERT…./
JESUS is not . SON of GOD, / JESUS did NOT die on the cross…
is not LORD, & ALL WHO DECLARE are unbeleivers.& EVIL & DAMNED..
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catholics call this QURAN…. ANOTHER WAY…PATH & …..ANOTHER FAITH OF ABRAHAM ANOTHER NAME OF ROMES GOD…..ALLAH……..WHILE THEIR POPE KISSES…..THIS QURAN………..
QURAN DECLARES…BEATING WOMEN, { your WIFES –for anything- SEX with LITTLE 6 – 9 YR old BABY GIRLS….
……….
enslaving women..KILLING ANY WHO DISAGREE….with ISLAM……..
. Slaughtering Jews & Christians./ denying.& profaning.jesus christ….is ALL HOLY.. Right & MOST PURE….
the pope HAS BETRAYED…the church of YA-SHAH.. & Gods holy word & sacrifice & gospel…kissing the most debased, vile book of Lucifer ever written…the quran~~~~~~~~~~
iT WOULD { in fact }BE BETTER THAT THE POPE…..KISSED…HITLERS MEIN KAMPF Adolf Hitler 1889-1945…..IT IS WRITTEN WITH A ..LESS EVIL…….MESSAGE
SLAVE TRADING, KIDNAPPING & RANDSOMING,..,,,,,CHILD MOLESTING,….MURDERING TERRORISTS..PIRATES
decided…in the 7 th century~ The entire bible was wrong…& they….had the correction
Allah /completly pagan moon~idol / god ~SUDDEN .god of the bible…..& all mankind *& the turks….were the new crusaders….to KILL…& ENSLAVE…all MANKIND….. just for for the GOD of ABRAHAM
This junk history,,,,is the foundation of all of romes doctrines
ROME HAS BURNED THOUSANDS OF BIBLES, translated in non italian……./,, claiming they were error…..
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burned people alive../ .hunted them down,,/ ,condemned,,& damned the translators.. & .banned their bibles…..
but kisses the quran…saying it is the book of the,,,,,God of the bible….& all catholics.
ROME HAS FOUGHT TO KEEP HER fires of control alive by implementing the following doctrines.
“A HERETIC MERITS the pains of FIRE…By THE GOSPEL, the canons, CIVIL LAW, & CUSTOM, heretics MUST BE BURNED.”
The Textbook of Popery, p 164
The catholic sect….Damns….and condemns…the BIBLE BELEIVER / non catholic Christ ian…… as LOST. Headed for hell…
The catholic sect….Damns….and condemns…the BIBLE BELEIVER / non catholic Christ ian…… ~~~as DESERVING of whatever punishment the POPES can manipulate their frenzied mobs of Catholics to perform…~~
~at whatever point or bowel of history at any given time…possible.
The catholic sect….Damns….and condemns…the BIBLE BELEIVER / non catholic Christ ian…… as serving ANOTHER EVIL JESUS….
Rome SAYS
all …outside the catholic church, Jews or heretics…cannot share in eternal life and will go into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless they are joined to the catholic church.
Pope Eugenius IV, in \\\”Bull of Union with the Copts\\\”, Council of Florence, Session 11, on February 4, 1442.
Rome SAYS
\\\’Heretics / NOT MEMBERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ….. DO NOT HOLD TO CATHOLIC DOCTRINE) & worship a GOD
WHO IS A LIAR, & CHRIST WHO IS A LIAR.\\\’
St. Augustine, (quoted in \\\’Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Graca\\\’, by Fr. J. P. Migne, Paris: 1866, 42:207).
BUT Rome SAYS …….Muslims & ISLAM //OOH they ALL SERVE OUR GOD…..and we Kiss and BOW down to their QURAN
*& service ALLAH
THIS IS ROMES …ATTACK ON THE BIBLE AND ITS believers,,, [ CHRISTS CHURCH ‘ ]]] contradiction,,,IS,,manifested
Rome …. has burnt thousands of BIBLE TRANSLATED in non~ italian……burned the translators.,,,,condemned them to hell
CLAIMING all non catholics.& JEWS..serve A JESUS WHO IS A LIAR AND EVIL FRAUD
Holly J. Harrington
On January 19, 2010 at 2:03 pm
How come Atheists have killed more than the Catholic Church is responsible for?
Hitler
Stalin
Po Pot
Just to name a few. There numbers are greater than ours. Im not making excuses but those times were different and so were the mindsets of the time. Im sure in war there are always negatives on any side.
Also I suggest before you condemn the Catholic Church a heresy you look into its History of the Early Church Fathers.
Pope John Paul II has before his death already apologized for what we Catholics have done in the past.
Surely we have not committed the most attrocities in the past?
If not before 2014 is when the historical records for Pius XII will be opened.