Holocaust-Surviving Jews Thank Pope

This is taken from a June 18th article in the Catholic League's website. The article can be found here.

There is no more unfairly maligned figure of the 20th century than Eugenio Pacelli, who entered into the minds and hearts of Catholics in 1939 as Pope Pius XII. In an age where too many prelates succumb to moral cowardice and allow enemies of the faith to run rampant in their undermining of the truth, the example of a man who saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jews despite having no standing army and spending several years under siege from Nazi Panzer tanks is an example that deserves nothing but praise. Instead, he is widely derided as "Hitler's Pope." It's funny how people like the Maureen Dowds and Garry Wills of the world are quick to see anti-Semitism in the actions of Pius XII (and in The Passion of Christ), yet seem unwilling to denounce people like Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadenijad and former Palestinian terrorist Yasser Arafat, both of whom have expressed a desire for the elimination of the Israeli state.

Maybe it's just easier to pick on targets that won't send suicide bombers after you in retaliation...