The Church Still Doesn't Get It...

You would figure that after the Crusades,the Inquisition and until Vatican 2 exonerated Jews for the death of Christ (Mel Gibson not withstanding), the Catholic Church would have some sensitivity in its role in the persecuting of Jews throughout history. If you figured this,you would have figured wrong. Of all the Cardinals that could have been chosen as Pope,we have Pope Benedict who was a member (voluntarily or otherwise) of the Hitler youth. A bishop was excommunicated for being a Holocaust denier was ex-excommunicated and seems to be back in the fold. Now Pope Benedict has nominated for sainthood Pope Pius X11-also known as "Hitler's Pope"-as documented by historian John Cornwall in his book "Hitler's Pope"). Pius X11 had a long history of anti-semitism in his works and writings prior to becoming pope. In his role of nuncio in Germany,Pius X11's lack of opposition by the Nazis in the democratic church affairs basically gave the Nazi's free rein in church matters, giving further legitimacy to the Nazi's. During Pius X11's reign the Jews of Rome were rounded up and taken by train to Auschwitz. Pius X11 nomination for sainthood is yet another example of the church still not getting it in its its relationship historically to Jews.