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Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the political benefits of winning over Catholic voters.
Catholics in America
In 1938, John LaFarge drafted a papal encyclical that would denounce anti-Semitism.
An Assignment from the Pope
The Vatican negotiated a treaty with Nazi Germany aimed at protecting the Catholic Church.
Hitler Comes to Power
Roosevelt's Envoy to the Vatican
Myron Taylor visits the Vatican to persuade Pope Pius XII to speak against Nazi Germany.
Roosevelt's Envoy to the Vatican
Pope Pius XII continued his position of silence as news emerged of mass murder of Jews.
Evidence of the Holocaust
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