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"All men are brothered in Jesus Christ."
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Pope Pius XIIMy judgment cannot but be positive. Pope Pacelli was the only one who — Pope Pius XII
"My judgment cannot but be positive. Pope Pacelli was the only one who intervened to impede the deportation of Jews on 16 October 1943, and he did very much to hide and save thousands of us. It was no small matter that he ordered the opening of cloistered convents. Without him, many of our own would not be alive."
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Pope Pius XII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958.
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"In Rome, the Pope again deplored the bombing of civilian populations, but he was naïve- civilians are military objectives in our time."
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"God did not create a human family made up of segregated, dissociated, mutually independent members. No; he would have them all united by the bond of total love of Him and consequent self-dedication to assisting each other to maintain that bond intact."
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