Letter #28, 2021, Thursday, May 27: Sister Margherita Marchione Letter #28, 2021, Thursday, May 27: Sister Margherita Marchione
Sr. Margherita Marchione (February 19, 1922 – May 20, 2021)
Sr.
Margherita Marchione, an American nun known for her defense of
Pope Pius XII against attacks against his character, courage and actions during the Second World War, died peacefully in her convent in Morristown, New Jersey on May 20, 2021, seven days ago, at the age of 99.
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If Jewish leaders say today that Pius XII did nothing to save Jews, they are disputing the testimony of other Jews who said he did quite a lot … It is terribly unfair to put so much blame on Pius, who had no army besides a few Swiss Guards with which to resist Hitler, while leaders like Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, who had the means to bomb the concentration camps, failed to do so.”
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From Pius XII to Vatican II: The Hidden History of a Key Church Epoch
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Fr. Charles Theodore Murr, in this Interview Concerning His Book on Mother Pascalina Lehnert, Unveils the Mysteries of the People and Events in the Church in the Mid-1900s
By Kevin Symonds
Fr. Charles Theodore Murr, author of The Godmother: Mother Pascalina: A Feminine Tour de Force (2017). Fr. Murr is a former secretary to
Edouard Cardinal Gagnon and worked at the Vatican in the 1970s. During this time, Murr befriended
Mother Pascalina Lehnert, the housekeeper of Pope Pius XII for 41 years, from his time as Papal Nuncio in Germany to his death as Pope in 1958. The Godmother recounts many of their encounters in the 1970s, with topics ranging from serious Church news and issues to a lighthearted and humorous attending of a stage performance of The Pirates of Penzance. Fr. Murr sits with Inside the Vatican and gives us a look into his li