"I simply cannot understand the failure of the Pope speak out."
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Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, president of Union of American Hebrew Congregations (2000)
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Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII (born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 1876 - 9 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939, until his death in 1958. Before his election to the papacy, he served as secretary of the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, papal nuncio to Germany, and Cardinal Secretary of State, in which capacity he worked to conclude treaties with European and [[Latin America|Latin A
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