The Matt Walsh Show - Introducing The Pope and the Führer: The Secret Vatican Files of World War II with Michael Knowles

Episode Date: August 17, 2025

Pope Pius XII, the man who led the Church through WWII, has been maligned by history as the Pope that could have stood against Hitler, but remained silent. Recent archival revelations, however, tell a different story. What is the truth? How did he respond to the Nazi threat? And who told his story? Streaming Now Exclusively on DailyWire+. - - - Privacy Policy: ⁠https://www.dailywire.com/privacy⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For 80 years, the narrative about Pope Pius, the 12th, during World War II, has been simple and also wrong. They called him Hitler's Pope, accused him of silence, complicity, cowardice. It's repeated so many times most people stopped asking whether any of it was actually true. Now, for the first time, we have the documents, the real ones from the Vatican's once secret wartime archive. They tell a very different story. In a new four-part series, the Pope and the Furor, the secret Vatican files of World War II, Michael Knowles investigates what the church actually did during World War II. What did the Pope know? Why didn't he speak publicly?

And why has the story been twisted for so long? This series is the most in-depth look at yet one of the most misunderstood figures of the 20th century, with access to files that were hidden for nearly 80 years. The truth matters, and that's why we made this series. Go to DailyWire.com. Watch the Pope and the Furor, the secret Vatican files of World War II, streaming now on Daily Wire Plus. Hey, honey, it's mom.

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