(BBC News) Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church will open up its archives in March next year on Pius XII, who was pope during World War Two. Pius, who was pope from 1939 to 1958, has been accused of tolerating the rise of Nazi Germany and of not doing enough to protect Jews during the Holocaust. For the past 13 years, 20 members of the Vatican's archives department have worked to organize Pius XII's files, including his official correspondence.
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