 In January 1943 , Pius XII declined to denounce publicly the Nazi discrimination against the Jews , following requests to do so from Władysław Raczkiewicz , president of the Polish government @-@ in @-@ exile , and Bishop Konrad von Preysing of Berlin . According to Toland , in June 1943 , Pius XII addressed the issue of mistreatment of Jews at a conference of the Sacred College of Cardinals and said : " Every word We address to the competent authority on this subject , and all Our public utterances have to be carefully weighed and measured by Us in the interests of the victims themselves , lest , contrary to Our intentions , We make their situation worse and harder to bear " . 
