The charity and work of Pope Pius XII during World War II so impressed the Chief Rabbi ... especially in his Christmas messages. His 1941 and 1942 Christmas messages were both translated and ...

A letter published today by the Italian news outlet Corriere della Sera appears to confirm that World War II Pope ... his annual Christmas speech in December 1942, Corriere notes Pius referred ...

But Francis decided to release the book sooner to coincide with the Catholic Church's Jubilee Year, which began on Christmas ... by a sitting pope, it trails Pope Pius II's reflections on the ...