Comments on: It’s Time to Retire the “Hitler’s Pope” Lie http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/08/02/its-time-to-retire-the-%e2%80%9chitler%e2%80%99s-pope%e2%80%9d-lie/ Sun, 19 May 2013 04:49:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: LisaGraas http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/08/02/its-time-to-retire-the-%e2%80%9chitler%e2%80%99s-pope%e2%80%9d-lie/#comment-133576 LisaGraas Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:41:21 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/?p=73733#comment-133576 On the other hand, you are making the point that the Pope has the same benefit of the doubt that a Jew has in a similar situation, and I do see that as a point of debate, but as to what the Church teaches…….that's what I was commenting about.

]]> By: LisaGraas http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/08/02/its-time-to-retire-the-%e2%80%9chitler%e2%80%99s-pope%e2%80%9d-lie/#comment-133574 LisaGraas Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:39:43 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/?p=73733#comment-133574 I have to take issue with you on something. You wrote: "If the Jewish participation in the deportation of other Jews was utterly justified because of their desperate attempt to save any remnant of their people, then judging the specific means employed by Pope Pius XII is less crucial than verifying his embracing or repudiation of anti-Semitism and his personal will to preserve the Jews."

Catholic teaching is that we may never do evil that good may come of it. Handing over people for deportation, if you knew they were going to some place dangerous, even if it would save some, is not ethical under Catholic teaching.

If someone is accused of standing by and doing nothing, we can't really judge that. If they assist in the killing in any way whatsoever, even through a simple signature, knowingly, they are culpable. If they stand against it, that is the act of a saint. But as to standing by and doing nothing, there is no way to judge it.

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