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I nuovi documenti del Pontificato di Pio XII e il loro significato per le relazioni ebraico-cristiane: un dialogo tra storici e teologi
lunedì 9 ottobre 2023 - mercoledì, 11 ottobre 2023
Aula Magna
Pontificia Università Gregoriana
piazza della Pilotta, 4
00187 Roma
MONDAY 09 OCTOBER

12:20 - 12:55 Special pre-conference eve
Jews Rescued in Ecclesial Houses During the Nazi Occupation of Rome: A Documentation Discovered at the Pontificai Biblica! ln stitute
Claudio PROCACCIA
Iael NIDAM-ORVIETO
Grazia LOPARCO
Paul OBERHOLZER
Dominik, SJ MARKL, SJ

15:00 - 15:45 Welcome and Opening Reflections
Iael ORVIETO
Suzanne BROWN-FLEMING
Pietro PAROLIN
Riccardo Shmuel DI SEGNI

16:00 -18:30 Session I: The motivation and decisions of Pope Pius XII
Moderator:
Suzanne BROWN-FLEMING

Giovanni COCO, Parole, silenzi e incomprensioni nei documenti di Pio Xli (1939-1958)
David I. KERTZER, Pius Xli and the November 30, 1943, ltalian Socia/ Republic Order to Arrest Al/ of ltaly’s Jews
Nina VALBOUSQUET, Pope Pius Xli, Head of Vatican Oiplomacy and the Ho/ocaust: lnsights from the Archives

17:10 - 17:25 Break

Massimo FAGGIOLI, The Catholic Church and the Ho/ocaust. Sectarianism, Universalism, and Theo/ogy of the Relations between Church and State

Discussion

18:45 - 20:00 Reception
Welcome by Mark LEWIS S.J.
Remarks by Norbert HOFMANN

TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER

09:30 - 11:20 Session II: The Vatican’s Worldview and the Holocaust
Moderator:
Umberto GENTILONI SILVERI

Robert VENTRESCA, Papal Humanitarianism and its Limits in the Era of the Two World Wars and the Holocaust
Roberto REGOLI,Governare da Roma: Il Vaticano e le sue Nunziature
Annalisa CAPRISTO, Una voce diversa dall’interno: il card. Giovanni Mercati in aiuto degli studiosi colpiti dalla persecuzione antisemita
Matteo Luigi NAPOLITANO, Storia diplomatica di un Papa: Pio Xli e la politica internazionale

Discussion

11:20 - 11:30 Break

11:30 - 14:00 Session III: The Racial Laws in Theory and Practice
Moderator:
Lucia CECI

Gabriele RIGANO, La Santa Sede e la Polonia durante la seconda guerra mondiale: silenzi e attività umanitaria
Phillip CUNNINGHAM, The Theological Meaning of ’Humani Generis Unitas

12:15 - 12:30 Break

Raffaella PERIN, La Compagnia di Gesù, gli ebrei e l’antisemitismo tra gli anni Trenta e la seconda guerra
Tommaso DELL’ERA, La Santa Sede e la persecuzione razzista e antisemita nelle università italiane (1938-1948)
Willie James JENNINGS, The Meaning of Whiteness: Race, Supersessionism, and the Failure of Christian Theology

Discusson

14:00 - 15:00 Lunch

15:00 - 15:30 Special 30 minute-session: Father Robert Lei ber, S.J., "Antichamber" of Pius Xli: A short look at his persona! archives

15:30 - 17:00 Session IV: The Rescue of Jews: Part 1
Moderator:
Rebecca CARTER-CHAND

Hubert WOLF, Asking the Pope tor Help: Questions raised by the criticai online edition of Jewish petitions kept in the Vatican archives
Amedeo OSTI GUERRAZZI, The Issue of Rescue and the October 1943 Round-Up of Jews in Rome
Grazia LOPARCO, Gli ebrei nascosti negli istituti religiosi e in edifici ecclesiastici di Roma

Discussion

17:00 - 17:15 Break

17:15 - 18:40 Session IV: The Rescue of Jews: Part 2
Liliana PICCIOTTO, Iniziative incrociate tra ebrei perseguitati e soccorritori, Italia 1943 - 1945
Eliot NIDAM, The Return of Jewish Children Hidden in Religious lnstitutions in France based on Multiple Archival Sources
Matthew TAPIE, Baptism as Rescue?· Parental Rights and the Question of Baptism lnvitis Parentibus

19:30 - 21:30 Reception:
Welcome by Jospeph DONNELLY
Remarks by Noam MARANS

WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER

09:30 - 11:30 Session V: The Roles of the Papa/ Diplomats
Moderator:
Rebecca BOEHLING

Ion POPA, Shades and Shadows: Vatican Oiplomacy and the Holocaust in Romania
Michele SARFATTI, Le notizie sulla Shoah arrivate in Vaticano
Johan ICKX, I ruoli dei Nunzi visti nei "Serie Ebrei"
Monika STOLARCZYK, Polish Catholic Bishops and the Holocaust

Discussion

11:30 - 11:45 Break

11:45 - 13:45 Session VI: Contested Memory, Contested Narratives
Moderator:
Massimo GARGIULO

Gerald STEINACHER, The Vatican and the Escape of Nazi War Criminals from Allied Justice
Suzanne BROWN-FLEMING, The Holy See and the Postwar C/emency Campaign
Luca CARBONI, Il soccorso pontificio ai profughi e ai rifugiati nel dopoguerra
David MEYER, Criticizing our Sacred lnstitutions and Figures

Discussion

13:45 - 15:15 Lunch

15:15 - 16:45 Session VII: The Uncertain Road to Nostra Aetate
Moderator:
Jan MIKRUT

Celia DEUTSCH, The Theo/ogica/ Journey of Notre Dame de Sian: From Conversion to Dialogue
Claira MALIGOT, From Amici lsrael to Nostra Aetate: Changes in the Theological Understanding of the Jewish People in the Catholic Church
David MAAYAN, Self-Understanding and Understanding the Other: Nostra Aetate and a Theology of Dialogue

Discussion

16:45 - 17:00 Break

17:00 - 19:00 Closing Session

19:00 -21:00 Reception:
Welcome by Raphael SCHUTZ
Remarks by Noemi DI SEGNI