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 | | Pacelli, who was of noble birth, was a grandson of Marcantonio Pacelli, founder of the Vatican's newspaper, ''L'Osservatore_Romano'', a nephew of Ernesto Pacelli, a key financial advisor to Pope Leo_XII, and a son of Filippo Pacelli, dean of the Vatican lawyers. |
 | | However, as Cardinal Pacelli, Pius XII was against the Nazis' increasing political power in Germany and in August 1933 wrote to the British representative to the Holy_See his disgust with the Nazis and "their persecution of the Jews, their proceedings against political opponents, the reign of terror to which the whole nation was subjected." |
 | | The widespread Jewish concern at the history of Pius XII interventions or lack thereof surfaced in Pope_Benedict_XVI's recent visit to the Cologne Synagogue when the president of that synagogue, Abraham Lehrer, asked that the Vatican's archives relating to Pope Pius XII be opened for scrutiny. |
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