Come to Spain, walk into any bar. Chances are there’s a bunch of hams hanging from the ceiling, it’s a traditional decoration.
https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=spanish+tradition+of+hams+in+bars
How did this ‘tradition’ start? By Bar owners hanging up hams to show the Catholic Inquisition that they weren’t Jewish (or Muslim).
So … were there any Anti-Semitic popes? There certainly were for at least 500 years (which is how long the Inquisition lasted) and probably longer.
Your answer about Pope Piux XII is incorrect and incomplete, I’m afraid. As reflected in the recent book “Church of Spies” (google it), Pius’s relative silence – he was not completely quiet (see his work "Darkness over the Earth) – was because he was encouraged to be quiet by the German opposition to Hitler, and, frankly, it was the best way for the Church to save the Jews. And to be clear, as many non-Catholic historians have recognized, that the Church (as a whole) saved hundreds of thousands. He was in a tough position and made the best call he could. You can argue, of course, with his tactics, but at every point during the war, his purpose and goal was to save as many lives as possible. And no one doubts he saves tens of thousands (at least). A loud martyrdom would not have done anyone any good. There is a reason Winston Churchill called Piux XII “the greatest man of our time.”
This refers to nothing in the OP. Are you trying to promote the book you suggested Googling?
:smack: Didn’t notice the forum. :smack:
NM
There have been antisemitic popes almost from the beginning of the institution for the simple reason that the pontiffs reflect the prejudices and passions of the times they live in. An antisemitic society will have antisemitic popes. A more liberal society will not.