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It was Radio Moscow that talked about Pope Pius XII's alleged "silence" in the face of the Holocaust. Father Giovanni Sale in an article in La Civiltà Cattolica analyzed the communist radio's role in defaming Pius XII, specifically its reaction to the Pope's address of June 2, 1945, concerning the end of WWII. As reported on the website Zenit.org (http://www.zenit.org/article-13280?l=english: "On June 7, 1945, Radio Moscow broadcasted a program which 'assumed … a paradigmatic value, as it summarized very well the point of view of the radical left about the Holy See's activity during the time of the war,' affirms the historical research." Radio Moscow claimed: 'No atrocity carried out by the Hitlerites stirred the contempt and indignation of the Vatican...' 'The latter was silent when the German death machines were active, when the chimneys of the crematorium ovens spewed smoke, when grenades and projectiles were thrown against the peaceful population of London, when the Hitlerite doctrine of elimination and extermination of nations and peoples was being transformed into a harsh reality.' The author of the La Civiltà Cattolica article states that 'the international communist press, and not only the latter, was totally aligned to Moscow's directives on this matter'."

The article adds: 'So began the 'Black Legend' -- which in the main has come down to our days -- of a Pius XII friend and ally of the Nazis; the Pope who supported, for reasons of political interest, the Fascist totalitarian regimes and declared enemies of popular democracy'." More startling revelations about Soviet smear tactics against Pius XII came to light when Lt. General Ion Pacepa defected to the west. He was the highest-ranking intelligence officer to have defected from the Soviets.  For the details on how the Soviets manufactured the historical "evidence" behind "The Deputy" see: •www.national review.com/articles/219739/moscows-assault-vatican/ion-mihai-pacepa. •See also the National Catholic Register, http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/the-framing-of-pius-xii-from-skepticism-to-belief.