Of course, I don't agree with this at all. This book amounts to not only inaccuracy but also libel (if a dead person can be libelled?). It seems to be a fashion at the moment to write anti-catholic books. As one of the reviews on the site states -
Cornwell [the writer] does tell a compelling--and critical--story. But "Hitler's Pope" pretends to have the scholarly backup it just doesn't have. Frequently, Cornwell quotes without even naming sources. Even when he does name sources, they are often second and third hand. What makes Cornwell's book disturbing is that he maintians his argument that the Catholic Church was cowardly in failing to criticize the fascist governments of the Second World War, but then recounts the enormous risk that Pius XII made in his role in the assasination attempt against Hitler. Is this really Hitler's Pope? See my last post with links . I hardly think that prominent Jewish leaders would have thanked the Pope and even converted to Catholicsm (Chief Rabbi of Rome, Israel Zolli became a Catholic in 1944 after being so impressed with Pius work during the war), if the Pope had been "Hitler's Pope". Rubbish. Joseph. http://movies.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Movies - What's on at your local cinema?
