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Pius XII
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Pope Pius XII was born on March 2, 1876 in Rome, Italy as Eugenio Maria Pacelli. He became Pope on March 2, 1939 and died October 9, 1958. He was papal nuncio to Germany and then Vatican Secretary of State during the rise of Adolf Hitler to power. I consider him to be one of the principle architects (along with Pope Pius XI) of the modern totalitarian state, and of fascism. Pope Pius XII and the Croatian Holocaust Pius XII: Hitler and the Vatican by Peter Godman notes and commentary Israel, Pope Pius XII, and the Holocaust [October 29, 2008]
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