Hitler's Pope - The Secret History of Pius XII

One of my hobbies, interests, or even obsessions, is with the Roman Catholic Church, particularly the Papacy and the inner workings of the Vatican. (As a lapsed Catholic, this interest may not be all that strange as the indoctrination into the faith -  not solely a process specific to Catholicism - starts young and tends to stay with you.)

The subject of Hitler's Pope ((c) 1999) is Pope Pius XII and the on-going debate as to whether he was in collusion with Hitler and actually anti-Semetic, or has his Papacy been so characterized unfairly.

The author, John Cornwell, does have an axe to grind when it comes to the Papacy, so some of his conclusions may be supportive of his themes, but not necessarily supported by hard facts. Regardless, this is a racy read for those of us who follow such things, and it sped along like a page-turner suspense novel.

One of the things it purports is that agents of the Catholic Church, late 1800s, I think it was, actually kidnapped some Jewish boys and raised them as Catholic, so as to save them. I hadn't heard this before and was definitely shocked by this.