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«L'immagine migliore per descrivere il silenzio di Pio XII sembra quella di un mosaico di silenzi, una figura i cui contorni appaiono frammentati e deformati se guardata troppo da vicino, mentre assume la sua forma complessiva solo se osservata a distanza.» Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale Pio XII si espresse…

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1 author picked Un mosaico di silenzi as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I apologise for recommending an untranslated Italian book on an English-language website, but it is a testament to this book's sheer importance that I do so.

Coco is a Vatican archivist, and his employer is this book's protagonist. Despite this, I admire his honesty and decision not to defend the Vatican. His book destroys two myths: 1. Hitler’s Pope and 2. that the Vatican actively sought to save Jews during the Holocaust. I found this book fresh, beautifully written, and I admire the depth of research. Yet the book seeks to neither condemn nor exalt the Catholic’s role in the…

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