▁has ▁to ▁protect ▁basic ▁human ▁values ". ▁When ▁the ▁deport ations ▁began , ▁Ste pin ac ▁and ▁pap al ▁en voy ▁Giuseppe ▁Mar con e ▁protest ed ▁to ▁And ri ja ▁Art uk ović . ▁According ▁to ▁Ph ayer , ▁the ▁V at ican ▁ordered ▁Ste pin ac ▁to ▁save ▁as ▁many ▁Jews ▁as ▁possible ▁during ▁the ▁up coming ▁round up . ▁Although ▁Ste pin ac ▁reported ly ▁personally ▁saved ▁many ▁potential ▁vict ims , ▁his ▁protest s ▁had ▁little ▁effect ▁on ▁Pav eli ć . ▁ ▁Ro le ▁of ▁the ▁V at ican ▁Corn well ▁cons iders ▁Catholic ▁invol vement ▁important ▁because ▁of ▁" the ▁V at ican ' s ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁at roc ities , ▁Pac elli ' s ▁failure ▁to ▁use ▁his ▁good ▁offices ▁to ▁interven e , ▁and ▁the ▁comp licity ▁it ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁Final ▁Solution ▁being ▁planned ▁in ▁northern ▁Europe ." ▁P ius ▁XII ▁was ▁a ▁long - standing ▁supp orter ▁of ▁Cro at ▁national ism ; ▁he ▁hosted ▁a ▁national ▁pil gr image ▁to ▁Rome ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁for ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁the ▁canon ization ▁of ▁Nik ola ▁T av eli ć , ▁and ▁largely ▁" conf ir med ▁the ▁U st as he ▁per ception ▁of ▁history ". ▁In ▁a ▁meeting ▁with ▁Ste pin ac , ▁P ius ▁XII ▁re iter ated ▁the ▁words ▁of ▁Pope ▁Leo ▁X , ▁that ▁the ▁Cro ats ▁were ▁" the ▁out post ▁of ▁Christian ity ", ▁which ▁imp lied ▁that ▁Orth odox ▁Ser bs