VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s archives on the pontificate of Venerable Pius XII will become available for study March 2, possibly bringing to light new information about the pope’s actions during World ...

The secret files of Pope Pius XI, who reigned at the start of World War II, will be released from the Vatican archives in mid-September, Rome has announced. The files, which cover Pius XI’s tenure as ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican, seeking to answer criticism that Pope Pius XII did little to oppose the Nazi slaughter of Jews, pledged Friday to open some of its secret World War II-era archives next ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Pius XII was not silent in front of the Shoah nor inactive. He was, instead, very much committed to saving Jewish families, spoke out constantly against the Nazi Regime, and set up ...

Pope Francis' opening last year of the Vatican's archive of material related to his controversial predecessor Pius XII has provided a sense of hope that the Catholic Church can have open discussions ...

Pope Pius XII is pictured at the Vatican in a file photo dated March 15, 1949. (CNS file photo) Pope Francis announced today that the Vatican archives regarding the pontificate of Pope Pius XII will ...

What will scholars learn about Pope Pius XII, who had the misfortune of reigning during World War II, in the now-opened Vatican Archives? Will the new materials confirm what has been repeated since ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII are providing details about the scandal over the founder of the Legionaries of Christ. Entire books have already been written about ...

Exactly ten years ago, on a cold winter morning in New York City, the Catholic-Jewish Historical Commission, established to investigate Pope Pius XII’s response to the Holocaust, met for the first ...