Despite clear evidence to the contrary, Pope Pius XII has been slandered over the past several decades as being complicit in the crimes of the Nazi regime. One author even went so far as to dub him “Hitler’s Pope“ in a book that has become the bible for anti-Catholic ideas about the Vatican’s response to WWII.
Over the years, many works have been written to debunk such nonsense and to show, even from Jewish sources, that Pope Pius XII used the power of his office and his skills as a world leader to assist in the saving of countless Jews and others who were being threatened by Hitler and his Nazi army. The problem is that these articles and books, and even a recent opening of the Vatican archives to study the matter from primary sources have done little to undo the damage from the decades of Pope bashing.
That may all change with a new movie from Producer Oscar Clemente who, after reading all of the research on the topic and even looking at primary sources from the Vatican, is convinced that Pope Pius XII has not been treated fairly by history. His movie seeks to tell the truth about the late Pope using the Pope’s own words and the media reports from the time period in which he served as Pontiff which show that he was very much a champion of the Jewish people who were being brutally targeted by the Nazis.
Here is Oscar Clemente in his own words about the project.
And here is the official website for the movie. Though there is no release date set as of yet, St Michael Society is very excited about this movie and will keep you posted when details are available.
