VATICAN CITY, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Jewish groups said Sunday that they are thankful Pope Francis will open the Vatican archives and investigate the actions of Pius XII during the Holocaust.
Jewish organizations have criticized Pius, who is being considered for canonization, for failing to speak out against the persecution of Jews during World War II.
Abraham Skorka, a close friend of Francis, told the Sunday Times that the pope would fulfill his promise.
Pope Francis wrote about the issue in his book, "On Heaven and Earth."
"Opening the archives of the Shoah [Holocaust] seems reasonable," he wrote. "Let them be opened up and let everything be cleared up. Let it be seen if they could have done something [to help] and until what point they could have helped."
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