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...Tiber's west bank, behind the gates of the Vatican, Pope Pius XII, silent and aloof, is a virtual prisoner of the Nazis. The Wehrmacht polices the Vatican's entrances and exits, even struts across the colonnaded piazza of St. Peter. The tall, picturesque Swiss Guards, organized by Pope Julius II in 1505, have put aside their ancient halberds for modern rifles...
...Vatican radio (still unsilenced by the Nazis) fortnight ago broadcast an important reminder, authorized by Pope Pius XII, to Roman Catholic laymen. In case of bombing or other wartime emergencies it is the duty of Roman Catholic laymen to rescue the Host from the altar or to gather up any Hosts or pieces of Hosts which may have been blasted to the sanctuary floor. Normally only priests and deacons are supposed to handle the Blessed Sacrament...
...Took care to anticipate the likely damage to Rome by Allied forces, and opportunely exploited the fact that Pope Pius XII is in effect a Nazi-held prisoner. Said he: the Allied armies marching northward in Italy are on a kind of crusade to liberate Rome, the Vatican and Pope Pius XII. How much damage is done to the Eternal City, he indicated, will depend largely on the fight the Germans make...
...Papacy" (TIME, Aug. 16) is really quite a tragedy, a tragedy in the fact that a first-rate American publication should allow so deceptive an article to appear on its pages. Previously you have been quite frank with your reports of Roman Catholic activity but this article about Pius XII descends to a low level in TIME news-reporting...
...Peace. The people responded with anger and dismay. In Milan, despite Premier Badoglio's ban against public assemblies, they gathered in shattered streets and cried: "We got rid of one tyranny; now we must remove another." In Rome crowds shouted "Peace!" and knelt to pray with Pope Pius XII who came from the Vatican to see the raid damage...