Eugenio Pacelli akasarudzwa kuti atsive Papa Pius XI pamusangano waMarch 1939
. Achitora zita romutangiri wake sechiratidzo chokupfuurira, akava Papa Pius XII uye akaedza kuita rugare mukati mokutungamirira kuhondo. Sezvakanga zvaitwa neHoly See panguva youmambo hwaPapa Benedict XV (1914<unk>1922) mukati meHondo Yenyika I, Vatican pasi paPius XII yakatevera mutemo wokusava nedivi rayo muHondo Yenyika II yose; Pius, kufanana naBenedict, akarondedzera kusava nedivi kweVatican se"kusasarura". Haana kutaura kuti vaNazi vaiva vanaani paakashora rusaruraganda uye kuuraya vanhu vakawanda munguva yehondo; kunyange zvazvo akarumbidzwa nevatungamiriri venyika nemapoka evaJudha pashure pokufa kwake muna 1958 nokuti akaponesa zviuru zvevaJudha, chokwadi chokuti haana kunyatsoshora zvakazonzi Holocaust chakasvibisa nhaka yake.