In August 1943 , when Marshall Pietro Badoglio , Mussolini 's successor , was contemplating a complete rescission of Italy 's anti-Jewish laws , Venturi met with the Secretary of the Interior and requested that only the portions affecting Jewish converts to Catholicism be repealed . In doing so , Venturi was advancing the position of Pius XII , as he later reported to Cardinal Secretary of State Luigi Maglione . Venturi assured Maglione : I took care not to call for the total abrogation of a law which , according to the principles and traditions of the Catholic Church , certainly has some clauses that should be abolished , but which clearly contains others that have merit and should be confirmed . After the Roman '' razzia '' ( the deportation of Roman Jews to death camps as part of The Holocaust ) , Venturi recommended to the Vatican Secretariat a " symbolic and therefore sham inquiry into the fate of the Jews of Rome " . He reasoned , " a step like this by the Holy See , even if it does not obtain the desired effect , will without doubt help increase the veneration and gratitude toward the August Person of the Holy Father "
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Pietro Tacchi Venturi