The Michael Knowles Show - Introducing The Pope and the Führer: The Secret Vatican Files of World War II with Michael Knowles

Aug. 17, 2025 - The Michael Knowles Show

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Introducing The Pope and the Führer: The Secret Vatican Files of World War II with Michael Knowles

Pope Pius XII, the man who led the Church through WWII, has been maligned by history as the Pope that could have stood against Hitler, but remained silent. Recent archival revelations, however, tell a different story. What is the truth? How did he respond to the Nazi threat? And who told his story? Streaming Now Exclusively on DailyWire+. - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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	These are questions that take cultures thousands of years to answer.
	During Answer the Call, I take questions from people just like you about their problems, opportunities, challenges, or when they simply need advice.
	How do I balance all of this grief, responsibility?
	How do you repair this kind of damage?
	My daughter, Mikaela, guides the conversations as we hopefully help people navigate their lives.
	Everyone has their own destiny.
	Everyone.
	you you you They say history is written by the victors, but what if the victors got it wrong?
	For 80 years, Pope Pius XII has been smeared as the Pope of Silence, a bystander to one of the greatest evils in history.
	Now, with access to the Vatican's wartime archives, we can finally get to the real question.
	Was Pius XII truly silent?
	Just quiet?
	Or is he in fact the most misunderstood figure of the Second World War?
	I'm Michael Knowles in my four-part investigative series, The Pope and the Führer, the Secret Vatican Files of World War II.
	I follow the encrypted messages, buried documents, and backroom diplomacy that reveal a different story.
	It's the untold battle between two men, Adolf Hitler and Pope Pius XII.
	One preached domination, the other salvation.
	Their battlefield?
	Europe.
	Their weapons?
	Propaganda, on the one hand.
	And on the other, discretion and truth.
	You will hear what Hitler really thought of the Catholic Church.
	You will discover how Vatican diplomats tried to thwart the final solution.
	And yes, we will examine the uncomfortable questions about silence, complicity, and the cost of speaking out when the world is burning.
	The truth is no longer buried.
	The Pope and the Führer is now streaming only on DailyWire ⁇ .

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These are questions that take cultures thousands of years to answer.

During Answer the Call, I take questions from people just like you about their problems, opportunities, challenges, or when they simply need advice.

How do I balance all of this grief, responsibility?

How do you repair this kind of damage?

My daughter, Mikaela, guides the conversations as we hopefully help people navigate their lives.

Everyone has their own destiny.

Everyone.

you you you They say history is written by the victors, but what if the victors got it wrong?

For 80 years, Pope Pius XII has been smeared as the Pope of Silence, a bystander to one of the greatest evils in history.

Now, with access to the Vatican's wartime archives, we can finally get to the real question.

Was Pius XII truly silent?

Just quiet?

Or is he in fact the most misunderstood figure of the Second World War?

I'm Michael Knowles in my four-part investigative series, The Pope and the Führer, the Secret Vatican Files of World War II.

I follow the encrypted messages, buried documents, and backroom diplomacy that reveal a different story.

It's the untold battle between two men, Adolf Hitler and Pope Pius XII.

One preached domination, the other salvation.

Their battlefield?

Europe.

Their weapons?

Propaganda, on the one hand.

And on the other, discretion and truth.

You will hear what Hitler really thought of the Catholic Church.

You will discover how Vatican diplomats tried to thwart the final solution.

And yes, we will examine the uncomfortable questions about silence, complicity, and the cost of speaking out when the world is burning.

The truth is no longer buried.

The Pope and the Führer is now streaming only on DailyWire ⁇ .