Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina (L) during a private audience at the Vatican June 13, 2014. REUTERS/Vincenzo Pinto/Pool
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has strongly defended his wartime predecessor Pius XII against accusations he turned a blind eye to the Holocaust, saying the opening of Vatican archives will shed light on the controversy.
In an interview published on Friday in the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, Francis condemned anti-Semitism, saying it was a "continuing" problem that was more prevalent in right-wing parties in Europe, and called Holocaust denial "madness".
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