Vatican - Catholic and Jewish scholars reviewing the Church's role during the Holocaust have said the Vatican's version of events was incomplete, writes Patsy McGarry. They asked for full access to the Holy See's wartime archives.
The six researchers, three Jews and three Catholics, were appointed by their respective sides a year ago after widespread Jewish discontent with a Vatican document that defended the role of Pius XII.
A preliminary report from the scholars is seen as highly significant because while Jews have in the past asked the Vatican to open up its wartime archives it was the first time Catholic scholars had made such a call.
"We appreciate that even if full access to the archives were granted, this would not necessarily lay to rest all of the questions surrounding the role of the Holy See and the Holocaust," an 18-page report from the scholars said.