Pope Pius XII. (Vatican).Toronto-Michael Marrus, one of three Jewish members of a now- defunct Jewish-Catholic international research committee, has urged Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła to refrain from beatifying Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (Latin: Pius PP. XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), reigned as the 260th pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City, from March 2, 1939 until his death. . The issue (of the Pope's wartime role) "has not been resolved," said the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, history professor. "Unquestionably, beatification beatification: see canonization. would have a negative effect on Catholic-Jewish relations, and in the wider world. Beatification would be extremely damaging." Earlier, in the United States, another Jewish panelist, Seymour Reich, had forecast that the suspension of the panel itself could "derail de·rail intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails 1. To run or cause to run off the rails. 2. " Catholic-Jewish dialogue (Cdn. Jewish News, Jan. 24/ 01). Comment: The implication of the above statements and those made in the same vein by other Jewish commentators is that, if only the Vatican archives are put in order, researchers will find evidence that will discredit Pius XII. It is the conviction of those collecting evidence for the beatification of the Pope that the former are engaged in wishful thinking contrary to the evidence that has been assembled already. |
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