Rome, Italy, Jun 8, 2011 / 15:22 pm
She may turn 90 next year, but Sister Margherita Marchione still has pretty important work to do – clearing the name of the wartime Pope Pius XII and seeing him beatified.
“I for one will fight to the very end to make sure that that happens because no one deserves it more than he,” the New Jersey sister told CNA June 7, during a visit to Rome.
Sr. Marchione is in Rome to address a conference on Pope Pius XII, which is being hosted by the Italian Senate. Pope Pius occupied the papacy during the Second World War. His critics accuse him of not taking a stand against the Nazi persecution of the Jews.
But Sr. Marchione says this is nonsense.