Name: Hitler's Pope Continued - Bill Burr
Uploaded: 2021-10-29T14:11:03.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Hitler's Pope Continued - Bill Burr' from Billy Twinkle Toes on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-10-29. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Hitler's Pope Continued - Bill Burr' from Billy Twinkle Toes on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-10-29. Transcript available.

Really writing in, though, to discuss Eugenio Pacelli, Pius XII, and the
Vatican position during World War II, as you were talking about it on the 1018
podcast.
Oh, yeah, they kind of were, I don't know, I think they kind of were in the
middle.
And sort of probably rooting for the Germans because they were going to try to
put a religion out of business.
And that's the business they were in, right?
Super interesting topic, and one that I actually wrote a massive paper on way
back in college that I got an A for.
Yeah, yeah, look at me, a history major in college.
Why? I don't really know, but it was fun at the time, especially being high
during lectures.
Anyway, my stance ended up being that he actually did all he could to help the
Jewish people and just treaded carefully around the Nazis.
I mean, imagine being smack dab in the middle of Italy, not only surrounded by
crazy Mussolini, but you've got a front row seat to watch the Nazis steamroll
through continental Europe in months with dive bombing planes, monster tanks,
and methed out superhuman soldiers.
Yeah, I mean, people choose their own survival, yeah.
He did a lot for the Jewish people.
Look at this.
Included secretly sheltering Jews in various churches, libraries, and monasteries
held by the Catholic Church.
Well, then why didn't they give the gold back?
Why did Jewish people have to knock on the door and be like, I believe you got
something that belongs to us?
Well, approximately 80% of the Jews in Europe perished.
80%? Oh, my God.
During World War II, 85% of Italians, 40,000 Jews, were saved.
It's reported no fewer than 3,000 Jews were hidden away at Castel Gandolfo, the
Pope's summer residence.
Well, all right, look at that.
That's a good thing for my religion.
Who knew?
Didn't want to send the whole paper as an attachment, but here was my closing
paragraph from it that illustrates my position.
Well, where did you get this information?
Is this from the Vatican trying to rewrite their history, or is this true?
I have no idea.
But you're the history major.
We'll see.
Overall, while the argument can be made that Pius XII, in calling him Hitler's
Pope,
there is simply too much evidence that suggests otherwise.
Well, then how the fuck did he get that fucking nickname?
The Reich Concordat he made with Hitler was done to protect the Catholic Church
and prevent the violence that Hitler would have taken out against German Roman
Catholics had Pius XII condemned Nazi Germany.
And Gino Pacelli never spoke out in defense of the Jews during the Holocaust
because he knew it would only lead to more innocent deaths.
He also, yes, it's like fucking cancel culture.
Really, Bill?
You really going to get, oh, sorry.
He also never needed the publicity to defend the Jews because he was secretly
protecting them the whole time under Hitler's nose.
Perhaps the best way to defend Pius XII's action during the Third Reich is
found in a speech made by Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein, a Jew, ironically ended the war that Hitler started with his
creation of the nuclear bomb.
Only the Catholic Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler's campaign
for suppressing the truth.
I never had any special interest in the church before, but now I feel great
affection and admiration because the church alone has had the courage and
persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom.
I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unservedly.
Well, he also didn't know that they were raping kids either.
There's a lot of, there's a lot of angles to this.
If one of the more brilliant men in human history, not to mention a man of
Jewish faith, said about the Catholic Church led by Pius XII, then how could
anyone argue otherwise?
Oh, they can't, believe me.
I have follow-up emails coming in, I bet.
And Gino Pacelli, or Pius XII, was not Hitler's pope or an anti-Semite, but a
man who came into power during the darkest days in human history and navigated
through Hitler's Nazi regime with prudence, morality, and genuine concern for
the Jewish race.
Well, I hope all of that's true.
Keep up the great work on all fronts.
Your podcast is a great way to end the workday twice a week, and I find many of
your takes insightful, layered, and most important, helpful.
Look at that.
Would you look at that?
I do matter.
I am doing nice things.
I fucking picked four fucking games last week against the spread, and once
again, I'm 3-0 going into the final fucking game.
The goddamn 49ers.
Fuck me.
Just fuck me.
I don't know what, I don't know what the deal was.
I don't know what those fucking corners were doing in the first half, getting
all confused on a little fucking, a little razzle-dazzle behind the line.