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British Refused Papal Plea to Lift Siege in 1942
Vatican archives reveal the British government rejected Pope Pius XII appeals to ease the naval blockade and allow food to reach starving Greece. Jesuit historian Rev. Angelo Martini cites notes from Archbishop Roncalli and Vatican correspondents showing multiple pleas met with firm refusals and no Vatican reply to a final note.
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