Person: Pius

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columnists

Francis is the first Pope who doesn’t beat around the bush

I don’t know about this Pope at all. I really don’t. He doesn’t fit in the pattern of popes I grew up with, writes Terry Prone

general

Pope Pius XII still can’t shake off the claims that he was Hitler’s Pope

world

Israel changes tack over Pius XII

world

Pope: Pius tried to save Jews

world

Vatican moves to quell latest Jewish row

world

Former popes closer to possible sainthood

Benedict remembers victims of Holocaust

POPE Benedict XVI pledged yesterday to remember the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, seeking to repair strains with Jews over one of the most sensitive issues at the start of a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Tue, 12 May, 2009

Pope pledges to remember Jewish holocaust victims

Pope Benedict XVI pledged today to remember the millions of Jews killed in the Holocaust.

Mon, 11 May, 2009

Pope at time of Holocaust moves closer to sainthood

The Pope gave Second World War pontiff Pius XII a push toward possible sainthood today and defended his memory from accusations he did little to spare Jews from the Holocaust.

Thu, 09 Oct, 2008

Vatican ambassador in holocaust service u-turn

The Vatican's ambassador to Israel will attend a Holocaust memorial service at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, reversing an earlier decision to boycott the event, officials said today.

Sun, 15 Apr, 2007

Two men get six years for importing 189 cocaine pellets

Two Estonian friends who transported almost €118,000 worth of cocaine into Ireland after swallowing a total of 189 pellets have been jailed for six years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Wed, 28 Mar, 2007

Pope who preferred his enemy’s enemy

THE defence of Pius XII by Fr Con McGillicuddy (Irish Examiner letters, October 12) ignores the contrast in the Pope’s behaviour as between Hitler and Stalin.

Tue, 17 Oct, 2006

Benedict praises wartime pope

Pope Benedict XVI praised the the Second World War-era Pope, Pius XII, as a great pontiff but stopped short of endorsing his case for beatification, according to a transcript released today by the Vatican.

Fri, 03 Mar, 2006

Previous Benedict rejected orthodoxy

GERMAN Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the strict defender of Catholic orthodoxy for the past 23 years, took the name Benedict XVI.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2005

New Pope’s first message may be encoded in the name he chooses

THE first message a new Pope sends to the world is encoded in the name he chooses.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2005

Spencer: “Some day I hope I can get it right on Pius”

JAMIE SPENCER was in philosophical mood yesterday after Antonius Pius’s defeat in the NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile at Lone Star Park on Saturday night.

Mon, 01 Nov, 2004

Pius may have French date

Antonius Pius has twice suffered misfortune at Longchamp this season but he may return to the French track on September 5 to contest the Netjets Prix Du Moulin.

Mon, 02 Aug, 2004

Pius and Tigress on target for France

Ballydoyle supremo Aidan O’Brien has outlined his running plans for next weekend’s French Guineas meeting.

Sun, 09 May, 2004

Vatican accuses Jewish historians of slander

The Vatican today accused Jewish historians on a special Holocaust commission of ‘‘clearly incorrect behaviour,’’ charging that they have helped mount a ‘‘slanderous campaign’’ against the Catholic church.

Tue, 07 Aug, 2001