Yad Vashem, the Israeli memorial to h0Ɩ0cαųst victims, has acknowledged that some Catholic convents and monasteries opened their doors to shelter Jєωs from the nαzι genocide, “sometimes with the knowledge of the Vatican.”

In a display dedicated to the “Righteous Among the Nations”—the honest people who sought to protect Jєωs from the h0Ɩ0cαųst—Yad Vashem now pays homage to those Catholic institutions that provided safe havens for Jєωs. The display still criticizes Church leaders for failing to speak out forcefully, complaining of a “lack of overt and unequivocal guidance by the Vatican,” but recognizes that some Church leaders openly encouraged help for the Jєωs.

Last year, after a sometimes contentious debate, Yad Vashem changed its description of Pope Pius XII, noting that recent historical work has shown his efforts to save Jєωs. The memorial replaced a panel criticizing the wartime Pontiff with one that said research shows “a more complex picture than previously presented.”

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