Is the Vatican trying to distort how Pius XII behaved towards Jews?
A day after the opening of the archives about the controversial pope who served between 1939 and 1958, an archive official paints an apologetic picture and the chief rabbi of Rome denounces it.
Pope Pius XII, the wartime pontiff, appears in an undated file photo from the archives of Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano. (photo credit: REUTERS)ByROSSELLA TERCATIN