▁mass ac res ▁were ▁explained ▁as ▁" te ething ▁troubles ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁regime " ▁in ▁Rome ▁by ▁M s gr ▁D omen ico ▁T ard ini ▁of ▁the ▁V at ican ▁state ▁secret ariat .— ▁Ex cer pt ▁from ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁the ▁Hol oca ust . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁scholar ▁Ron ald ▁J . ▁R ych lak : Ste pin ac , ▁after ▁having ▁received ▁direction ▁from ▁Rome , ▁condem ned ▁the ▁brut al ▁actions ▁of ▁the ▁government . ▁A ▁speech ▁he ▁gave ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁stated ▁in ▁part : ▁" All ▁men ▁and ▁all ▁races ▁are ▁children ▁of ▁God ; ▁all ▁without ▁distinction . ▁Those ▁who ▁are ▁Gy ps ies , ▁black , ▁European , ▁or ▁A ry an ▁all ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁rights .... ▁For ▁this ▁reason , ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁had ▁always ▁condem ned , ▁and ▁continues ▁to ▁condem n , ▁all ▁in just ice ▁and ▁all ▁violence ▁committed ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁theories ▁of ▁class , ▁race , ▁or ▁national ity . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁perm iss ible ▁to ▁per sec ute ▁Gy ps ies ▁or ▁Jews ▁because ▁they ▁are ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁inferior ▁race ". ▁ ▁R ych lak ▁writes ▁that ▁the ▁" Associ ated ▁Press ▁reported ▁that ▁" by ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁Ste pin ac ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁har sh ▁critic " ▁of ▁the ▁Naz i ▁pu ppet ▁regime , ▁condem ning ▁its ▁" gen oc idal ▁policies , ▁which ▁killed ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁Ser