VATICAN CITY — The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn’t speak out about the Holocaust.

A new book, citing recently opened Vatican archives, suggests that Pope Pius XII avoided conflict with Nazis and that the Vatican worked hardest to save Jews who had converted to Catholicism.

Folders marked with labels reading “Pius XII" are seen through a grating during a guided tour for media of the Vatican library on Pope Pius XII, at the Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.

The longtime prefect of what is now named the Vatican Apostolic Archive, Archbishop Sergio Pagano, is spilling the beans for the first time, revealing some of the secrets he has uncovered in the ...

All Vatican offices will open their archives to qualified researchers on March 2, 2020. Writing in l’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s newspaper, ...

Pope Francis said, March 4, 2019, that he has decided to open up to researchers the Vatican archives on World War II-era Pope Pius XII, who has been accused by Jews of staying silent on the Holocaust.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Monday he has decided to open up the Vatican archives on World War II-era Pope Pius XII, who has been criticized by Jews of staying silent on the Holocaust.

The keeper of the Vatican's secrets is retiring. Here's what he wants you to know The Vatican Apostolic Archive, Archbishop Sergio Pagano, is spilling the beans about some of the secrets he has ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After decades of anticipation, the Vatican archives are ready to welcome, starting March 2, scores of scholars wishing to study documents related to the wartime pontificate ...

The longtime prefect of what is now named the Vatican Apostolic Archive, Archbishop Sergio Pagano, is spilling the beans for the first time, revealing some of the secrets he has uncovered in the ...

The keeper of the Vatican's secrets is retiring. Here's what he wants you to know The Vatican Apostolic Archive, Archbishop Sergio Pagano, is spilling the beans about some of the secrets he has ...

The longtime prefect of what is now named the Vatican Apostolic Archive, Archbishop Sergio Pagano, is spilling the beans for the first time, revealing some of the secrets he has uncovered in the ...