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Pius XI's hidden encyclical: an appraisal

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For decades there have been rumors of an unpublished encyclical attacking anti-semitism drafted for Pius XI in 1939 and shelved by Pius XII. This has been adduced as evidence for Pius XII's attitude toward anti-semitism. The authors of the draft rightly condemn racial anti-semitism, but condone religious anti-semitism. They condone the idea that there is historical curse on the Jews, one that makes them outcasts from humanity

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