A news report has just announced that John Cornwell has changed his mind about Pius XII: “‘Hitler’s Pope’ Author Modifies Views.”
Can I have one moment of gloating? I was right, and he was wrong. I was right , and he was wrong . Na-na-na- na -na!
Ah, well. Now back to our regularly scheduled programing.
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