The Vatican is refusing to participate in this year's annual Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial service. The Holy See is objecting to a photograph of then-Pope Pope Pius XII in the museum, captioned with an observation about his conduct during Hitler’s genocide of the Jews.
The Vatican asked the museum in early 2006 to change the caption on the photo, which was added to the exhibit in 2005. The museum notes that it “told to the Vatican’s representative in Israel that it was willing to continue examining the issue, and noted that if granted access it would gladly study the Vatican’s archives from the era…. to possibly learn new and different information than what is known today.”
The Vatican asked the museum in early 2006 to change the caption on the photo, which was added to the exhibit in 2005. The museum notes that it “told to the Vatican’s representative in Israel that it was willing to continue examining the issue, and noted that if granted access it would gladly study the Vatican’s archives from the era…. to possibly learn new and different information than what is known today.”