In 2020, Pius XII’s archives were finally opened, and David I. Those questions have only grown and festered, making Pius XII one of the most controversial popes in Church history, especially now as the Vatican prepares to canonize him. When Pope Pius XII died in 1958, his papers were sealed in the Vatican Secret Archives, leaving unanswered questions about what he knew and did during World War II. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker.LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD the most comprehensive account of the Vatican’s relations to the Nazi and fascist regimes before and during the war.”- The Washington Postīased on newly opened Vatican archives, a groundbreaking, explosive, and riveting book about Pope Pius XII and his actions during World War II, including how he responded to the Holocaust, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Pope and Mussolini “Kertzer brings all of his usual detective and narrative skills to. “The most important book ever written about the Catholic Church and its conduct during World War II.”-Daniel Silva.
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