Kevin P Spicer

Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C., is the James J. Kenneally Distinguished Professor of History at Stonehill College. Spicer is co-editor of the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations’ journal, Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations and his most recent book is Hitler’s Priests: Catholic Clergy and National Socialism (North Illinois University Press, 2008).

(A)theologies, New BooksDecember 20, 2010

Pope Benedict’s Blind Spot on Holocaust

By Kevin P Spicer

On numerous occasions Pope Benedict has ignored the connection between Christian anti-Semitism and Nazi racial anti-Semitism, and when posed a question about German responsibility for the Holocaust he fails to address it directly.