Perhaps one of the most underrated popes (thanks to all the false negative publicity he has received) is Venerable Pius XII, our beloved Holy Father of happy memory. The accusations that he was a Nazi sympathizer who stood by idly while Jews were being slaughtered can be easily refuted by the fact that he has saved more Jews than Oskar Schindler and Irena Sendler, both of whom should be commended for their heroic and saintly work (especially Sendler who lost the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore), by hiding up to 1,000 Jews at Castel Gandolfo and countless others in monasteries and convents.
Well, it looks like Pope Pius XII will finally be on the road to beatification if the Congregation for the Causes of Saints approves a miracle which is attributed to the wartime pontiff. Accoriding to CNA, the case under investigation is in the town of Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples, where someonewas apparently completely healed of an incurable form of cancer after asking for Pius XII's intercession.
Pope Pius XII is truly a saintly man, and a humble servant of God. It will be a glorious day for the Church the day he is elevated to the altars as a saint. Please continue to pray for his canonization.
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