International Catholic-Jewish Historical Commission

The International Catholic-Jewish Historical Commission was a body appointed by the Holy See's Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews in 1999. With three Jewish and three Catholic scholars, the group evaluated Actes et documents du Saint Siège relatifs à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, 11 volumes of the Vatican's wartime documents devoted to Pope Pius XII. In October 2000, the group issued a preliminary report with 47 questions on the Vatican's response to the Holocaust.

1 Disbandment
2 See also
3 External links
- 3.1 References

Disbandment

In 2001, after failing to gain access to the Vatican archives after 1923, the group disbanded amid controversy. Unsatisfied with the findings, Dr. Michael Marrus, one of the three Jewish members of the Commission, said the commission "ran up against a brick wall.... It would have been really helpful to have had support from the Holy See on this issue."^[1] By contrast, Vatican officials charged that the panel did a poor job of evaluating the material and leaked information to the press with the purpose of disrupting the Vatican's response to the report.

Cardinal William Keeler released a public statement after the commission dissolved itself, explaining the Catholic side's version of the events.^[2]

External links

October 2000 report
Notice of Council suspending work
Dimitri Cavalli, "The Commission That Couldn't Shoot Straight," New Oxford Review (July-August 2002)
[1] Ronald Rychlak, "The Pope Pius XII Study Group: Read the Documents!", The Catalyst (December 2000)]

References

^ Melissa Radler. "Vatican Blocks Panel's Access to Holocaust Archives." The Jerusalem Post. July 24, 2001.
^ "Statement on Catholic-Jewish Holocaust Scholars Group". Cardinalrating.com. Retrieved 2010-04-29.

Pope Pius XII

2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958 Pope (1939-1958) Camerlengo (1935-1939) Cardinal Secretary of State (1930-1939) Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica (1930-1939)

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Bibliography	The Deputy (fictional play) Three Popes and the Jews Actes et documents Hitler's Pope ICJHC Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy\|Under His Very Windows The Myth of Hitler's Pope Pius XII, The Holocaust, and the Cold War The Pope's Jews: The Vatican's Secret Plan to Save Jews from the Nazis

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