http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/520912.htmlPius XII told churches not to return Holocaust war babies
By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent
The Vatican instructed the Catholic church in France not to return Jewish children to their families after the Holocaust, according to a letter dated November 20, 1946, that was published Tuesday in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.
The children had been placed in the church's care to save them from Nazi murder, but after the war the church was instructed to return them to surviving parents only if they had not been baptized.
The letter containing these instructions was sent by the Holy Office to Angelo Roncalli - later Pope John XXIII - who was then the papal representative in Paris.
"Please note that this decision has been approved by the Holy Father," the letter emphasizes, referring to Pope Pius XII.
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