The Pope Who Defied Hitler From the Sky | Their Catholic Story

"I want to tell you a story." A members-only cut of the Their Catholic Story segment from the October 21, 2026 live show. In the first months of the Second World War, British and French planes dropped paper on Germany by the bundle. Most of it was swept up and burned. But one bundle was different: it carried the words of Pope Pius XII, from his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, issued October 20, 1939. This is the story of how a careful Roman diplomat named Eugenio Pacelli, from Munich in 1917 to the Bavarian Soviet of 1919 to the Chair of Peter, spoke the truth in a world of cowards, and how twelve printing presses and a letter that rained down from the sky defied the Nazis when there was no other way. He was far from being "Hitler's Pope." Thank you for being a channel member. Your support is what makes this show possible. FULL LIVE SHOW (with Bishop Strickland): https://www.youtube.com/live/YiH0_RZ5C2M 👉 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc2j_4LPV176dL5tlAXW9dA/join AUDIO-ONLY PODCAST: https://thestationofthecross.com/act/#get-the-podcast A Catholic Take with Joe McClane airs weekdays on the Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network. #TheirCatholicStory #PiusXII #CatholicHistory #ACatholicTake