Pope Francis on Monday said he will allow access to the records on World War II-era Pope Pius XII, whom many Jewish groups long have said did little to stop the Holocaust. Declaring that the church “isn’t afraid of history,” Francis told officials and personnel of the Vatican Secret Archives the archive would be open to researchers starting March 2, 2020. But the pope has been under pressure to make the Pius XII documentation available sooner and while Holocaust survivors are still alive. Later this week, an AJC leadership delegation will be given an audience with the pope at the Vatican. In the last year, however, he has been credited for publicly admitting he was wrong about a sex abuse case in Chile.

Source: Fox News March 04, 2019 15:55 UTC