John Cornwell, the author of that work, has retracted his allegations and acknowledged that his work "lacked balance." This was reported with far less fanfare than the reportage about the book in the first place. This is from The Economist, published on December 9, 2004: As he admits, �Hitler's Pope� (1999), his biography of Pope Pius XII, lacked balance. �I would now argue,� he says, �in the light of the debates and evidence following �Hitler's Pope', that Pius XII had so little scope of action that it is impossible to judge the motives for his silence during the war, while Rome was under the heel of Mussolini and later occupied by the Germans.� Any word from 60 Minutes when they will acknowledge their error? -- Fordham Rams Basketball Message Board

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Date Posted: Wed April 20, 2005 16:59:49
Author: JoltinJoe
Subject: John Cornwell, the author of that work, has retracted his allegations and acknowledged that his work "lacked balance." This was reported with far less fanfare than the reportage about the book in the first place. This is from The Economist, published on December 9, 2004: As he admits, �Hitler's Pope� (1999), his biography of Pope Pius XII, lacked balance. �I would now argue,� he says, �in the light of the debates and evidence following �Hitler's Pope', that Pius XII had so little scope of action that it is impossible to judge the motives for his silence during the war, while Rome was under the heel of Mussolini and later occupied by the Germans.� Any word from 60 Minutes when they will acknowledge their error?
In reply to: TrentonRam 's message, "Interesting, and ironic, that you post under the name Pius...since the unsubstantiated allegations of Pius' complicity with the Nazis in a book and promoted by 60 Minutes have now been largely discredited." on Wed April 20, 2005 14:27:25

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