'Indifference' is what we are talking about.For Vatican's role in WW II please refer 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' by William L.Shirer.Through out history Vatican has been on the side of the oppressors only to protect its wealth and its power, right from middle ages.
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Pope says Vatican helped Jews during Holocaust
Some members of the Jewish community boycotted the visit
Pope Benedict XVI has defended the Vatican against accusations of indifference towards the Nazis' annihilation of Europe's Jews in WWII.
On a landmark visit to Rome's main synagogue, the Pope said the Vatican helped Jews and "provided assistance, often in a hidden and discreet way".
The pontiff responded after an Italian Jewish leader spoke of the painful "silence" of wartime Pope Pius XII.
It comes amid Jewish anger at Benedict's moves to beatify Pius.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8464453.stm
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