many brave his bravery in the face of facism, while others believe he could have done more. >> there is a controversial move to kansanize pius the 12th to have him declared a saint. the real crux of the issue is whether the actions of this pope in the midst of the great tragedies of human history, were that's the stuff of the vicar of christ, is that the stuff of a saint. >> the controversy surrounding pius the 12th begins before he ever becomes pope. from 1917 to the 1929 eugene yo pacelli serves as a papal ambassador stationed in germany. >> he was tapped by the vatican to try to go to germany to bring an edlin to world war i. he didn't bring an end to the war but he stayed in germany, helping displaced persons,