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American Reform – A Critical Reevaluation of Mit brennender Sorge — Pt. 3

“Pius XII was the drafter of the note of April 30, 1937 on the authentic interpretation of Mit brennender Sorge, analyzed above, and he therefore knew full well that National Socialism had not been condemned as such by Mit brennender Sorge, and still less declared to be of satanic origin. How is it, then, that he insinuates the contrary in his address?”>

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The signing of the Reichskonkordat on 20 July 1933 in Rome (from left to right: German Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, Secretary of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs Giuseppe Pizzardo, Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, Alfredo Ottaviani, and member of Reichsministerium des Inneren [Home Office] Rudolf Buttmann). | SOURCE

The Road to Mit brennender Sorge

On July 20, 1993, then Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli — acting on behalf of Pope Pius XI — signed a treaty with the emerging National Socialist regime. Before any other State or international actor, it was the Holy See which gave official recognition to the German government. At that time, it was under control of President Paul von Hindenburg.>The treaty which is available online and contains thirty-two articles, began as follows:

Originally published in The Journal of American Reform. Read original article