Previously there were many news stories on an al ledged Vatican document during WWII saying that Jewish children that were baptized were not to be returned to their parents. The document under question in fact turns out that the document had the seal of the the apostolic nunciature of France and was written three days later than what was stated in the article At this time the apostolic nuncio was Angelo Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII. <\/p>\n
The original document contradicts Melloni’s version. It states, in fact, that the children should be returned to their original Jewish families.<\/p>\n
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Pius XII took to heart the fate of these Jewish children and, in that same month of March, asked the Holy Office to study the case.<\/p>\n
The Holy Office, after hearing from several consultors, prepared a document in response to the Pope’s request.<\/p>\n
In August 1946, some French bishops and, specifically, Coadjutor Archbishop Emile Guerry of Cambrai and Cardinal Pierre Gerlier of Lyon, asked nuncio Roncalli for pointers as to how to resolve the situation of Jewish children saved from Nazi persecution.<\/p>\n
Angelo Roncalli gathered all this material and, at the end of September, sent a letter to the Vatican Secretariat of State requesting instructions.<\/p>\n