Ka cika wannan magana: Shugabannin coci sun fahimci abin da yarjejeniyar take nufi. An ba da rahoton cewa Cardinal Faulhaber ya ce: "Tare da yarjejeniya an rataye mu, ba tare da yarjejeniya ba an rataye mu, an ja mu kuma an raba mu kashi huɗu". Bayan da aka rattaba hannu a kan yarjejeniyar, limamin cocin Paparoma ya aririci limaman Jamus su goyi bayan gwamnatin Hitler. Limaman cocin sun gaya wa mabiyan su su yi ƙoƙari su kasance da haɗin kai da gwamnatin Nazi. A cewar Michael Phayer, yarjejeniyar ta hana Pius XI yin magana game da dokokin Nuremberg na Nazi a cikin 1935, kuma kodayake yana da niyyar yin magana bayan taron kasa da kasa
pogrom na 1938, Cardinal Pacelli ya hana shi yin hakan.