I have written something false. You had no specific offices at the vatican taking care of war criminals. However, evidences have revealed that various high ranking clerics within the catholic church heading various offices (including the most influencials) had been involved (that would probably include one or two popes).
What I'm going to write is not politically correct. I have never been chocked by the Catholic Church hiding war criminals. As it did that it fullfilled one of its commitment which is to protect and shelter whoever seeks it. I'm more stunned by their official declarations, sign of support to nazi Germany and by the general silence that characterized the Vatican during this troubled time. Finally, I'm outraged by the fact that their higher leadership didn't offer the same protection to Jews, Roms... seeking refuge. For them, the support was purely individualistic. In Germany it came from the higher clergy while many among the lower clergy spied for the nazis, in France shelter was given by the lower clergy as the higher clergy was mostly supporting Vichy (to note out of 72,000 jewish children in France, 60,000 escaped deportation hided by among french families and religious institutions), in Italy, in the city of Rome, 80% of the jews escaped protected mostly by religious while Pie XII remained silent.
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