Johan Ickx, Ph.D:. The Pope’s Cabinet
The Pope’s Cabinet: Pius XII’s Secret War for Saving Jews
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 3 p.m.
$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members
Dixon Education Building
Book signing to follow
The discovery of the Ebrei files and related diplomatic correspondence kept in the Historical Archives of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See has led — according to some specialists — to the need for a “paradigm shift” in research on Pope Pius XII. Leading Vatican expert, Dr. Johan Ickx details this shift in his book, The Pope’s Cabinet: Pius XII’s Secret War for Saving Jews. The Pope’s effort to organize opposition and create a network of silent resistance during the Second World War has been established. Yet new questions arise. How was this network structured? How far did its tentacles reach? How effective was it? And especially: How can one set this tactical option on the part of Pius XII within his larger concerns and policy, in as much as public opinion makers have, for more than half a century, been filling libraries and newspapers with accounts of “Hitler’s Pope”? Join Dr. Johan Ickx, Director of Historical Archives in the Holy See’s Section for Relations with States, to learn the answers to these questions.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 3 p.m.
$20 ■ No charge for Four Arts members
Dixon Education Building
Book signing to follow
The discovery of the Ebrei files and related diplomatic correspondence kept in the Historical Archives of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See has led — according to some specialists — to the need for a “paradigm shift” in research on Pope Pius XII. Leading Vatican expert, Dr. Johan Ickx details this shift in his book, The Pope’s Cabinet: Pius XII’s Secret War for Saving Jews. The Pope’s effort to organize opposition and create a network of silent resistance during the Second World War has been established. Yet new questions arise. How was this network structured? How far did its tentacles reach? How effective was it? And especially: How can one set this tactical option on the part of Pius XII within his larger concerns and policy, in as much as public opinion makers have, for more than half a century, been filling libraries and newspapers with accounts of “Hitler’s Pope”? Join Dr. Johan Ickx, Director of Historical Archives in the Holy See’s Section for Relations with States, to learn the answers to these questions.