2. Le nonce Valeri et le Vatican face aux persécutions antijuives en France (1940-1942)
This article investigates the role of Mgr. Valerio Valeri, nuncio in Vichy France during WWII, regarding the Church’s reactions to French anti-Jewish laws and persecution from 1940-42. Prior French research often portrayed Valeri favorably, sometimes depicting him as actively involved in bishop prot...
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2023
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | This article investigates the role of Mgr. Valerio Valeri, nuncio in Vichy France during WWII, regarding the Church’s reactions to French anti-Jewish laws and persecution from 1940-42. Prior French research often portrayed Valeri favorably, sometimes depicting him as actively involved in bishop protests over the 1942 roundups. In contrast, new revelations from the Pius XII archives present a more nuanced picture of dynamics between the Holy See and French Catholic hierarchy. Untapped documents bear witness to the reactionary mindset and anti-Jewish prejudices of the nuncio. Valeri did not issue any official protest against Vichy’s anti-Semitic laws and even endorsed aspects of the 1940-41 Jewish Statutes. Vatican archival materials shed new light on the meaning of his well-known expression “platonic protest” regarding the archbishop of Paris intended as “respectful protest”. In the summer of 1942, Valeri was mostly concerned that the five bishops’ protests against the roundups could be weaponized by partisans and communists and feared that they might damage relationships between the Church and Petain’s regime. |
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