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Holy Silence( 2020)

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As World War II looms, Pope Pius XI calls on a humble American priest to help him challenge the evils of Nazism and anti-Semitism. But death intervenes, and Pope Pius XII now carries out a very different response to Hitler and the Holocaust.

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      Marco Barricelli

      Pope Pius XII (voice)

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Dec 15 2024
    Some impressive archive research has gone into this otherwise rather shallow analysis of the Popes Pius XI & Pius XII as they tried to reconcile their faith and their church with the increasing fascist nationalism that was gripping Europe in the 1930s. With contributions from various American academics it tries to speculate as to the extent to which the former pontiff was prepared to take a much more proactive stance condemning anti-semitosm before his death led to the elevation of his politically savvy Secretary of State to a papacy that he felt had to tread a very fine line between acquiescen...

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • vatican (holy see)
    • pope
    • holocaust (shoah)
    • antisemitism
    • nazism