Editing Pope John XXIII (section)

===Efforts during the Holocaust===
As nuncio, Roncalli made efforts during [[the Holocaust]] in [[World War II]] to save refugees, mostly Jewish people, from the [[Nazis]]. Among his efforts were:
* Delivery of "immigration certificates" to [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] through the [[Nunciature]] diplomatic courier.<ref name=Raoul>{{cite web|url=http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/general/humanitarian-actions-monsignor/ |title="Humanitarian actions of Monsignor Angelo Roncalli," The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation |work=The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation |publisher=Raoulwallenberg.net |access-date=28 April 2014 |last1=Ar |first1=Convistaalmar. com }}</ref>
* Rescue of Jews by means of certificates of "baptism of convenience" sent by Monsignor Roncalli to priests in Europe.<ref name=Raoul/>
* Children managed to leave [[Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|Slovakia]] due to his interventions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Klinghoffer |first=David |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/hitlers_pope_story_a_myth_rabbi_finds_20051104 |title=Hitler's Pope Story a Myth, Rabbi Finds – Arts |work=Jewish Journal |date= 3 November 2005 |access-date=23 June 2013}}</ref>
* Jewish refugees whose names were included on a list submitted by Rabbi Markus of Istanbul to Nuncio Roncalli.
* Jews held at [[Jasenovac concentration camp]], near [[Stara Gradiška]], were liberated as a result of his intervention.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/roncalli/tributes-29/two-italian-productions-about/|title=Two Italian productions about the "Turkish Pope" who saved Jewish lives|last=conVistaAlMar.com.ar|website=The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
* Bulgarian Jews who left [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], a result of his request to King [[Boris III of Bulgaria]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hume |first=Brit |url=http://spectator.org/archives/2006/08/18/hitlers-pope/print |work=The American Spectator |title=Hitler's Pope? |date=18 August 2006 |access-date=23 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211203429/http://spectator.org/archives/2006/08/18/hitlers-pope/print |archive-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
* [[Kingdom of Romania|Romanian]] Jews from [[Transnistria]] left Romania as a result of his intervention.<ref name=Raoul />
* Italian Jews helped by the Vatican as a result of his interventions.<ref name=Raoul />
* Orphaned children of Transnistria on board a refugee ship that weighed anchor from [[Constanța]] to Istanbul, and later arriving in Palestine as a result of his interventions.<ref name=":0" />
* Jews held at the [[Sereď concentration camp]] who were spared from being deported to German death camps as a result of his intervention.<ref name=":0" />
* [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1946)|Hungarian]] Jews who saved themselves through their conversions to Christianity through the baptismal certificates sent by Nuncio Roncalli to the Hungarian Nuncio, Monsignor [[Angelo Rota]].<ref name=Raoul/>

In 1965, the ''[[Catholic Herald]]'' newspaper quoted Pope John XXIII as saying:
{{Blockquote | We are conscious today that many, many centuries of blindness have cloaked our eyes so that we can no longer see the beauty of Thy chosen people nor recognise in their faces the features of our privileged brethren. We realize that the mark of Cain stands upon our foreheads. Across the centuries our brother Abel has lain in blood which we drew, or shed tears we caused by forgetting Thy love. Forgive us for the curse we falsely attached to their name as Jews. Forgive us for crucifying Thee a second time in their flesh. For we know not what we did.<ref>{{cite news|title=Our Eyes Have Been Cloaked |url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/14th-may-1965/1/our-eyes-have-been-cloaked|access-date=2 March 2014|newspaper=Catholic Herald|date=14 May 1965 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302203528/http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/14th-may-1965/1/our-eyes-have-been-cloaked |archive-date=2 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Three Popes and the Jews |first=Pinchas |last=Lapide |author-link=Pinchas Lapide |year=1967 |publisher=Hawthorn}}</ref>}}

On 7 September 2000, the [[International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation]] launched the International Campaign for the Acknowledgement of the humanitarian actions undertaken by Vatican Nuncio Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli for people, most of whom were Jewish, persecuted by the Nazi regime. The launching took place at the Permanent Observation Mission of the [[Holy See and the United Nations|Vatican to the United Nations]], in the presence of [[Vatican Secretary of State|Vatican State Secretary]] Cardinal [[Angelo Sodano]].

The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation has carried out exhaustive historical research related to different events connected with interventions of Nuncio Roncalli in favour of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. As of September 2000 three reports have been published compiling different studies and materials of historical research about the humanitarian actions carried out by Roncalli when he was nuncio.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?en/roncalli/research/summary/introduction.10218.htm |title=Summary of the research work of the International Angelo Roncalli Committee |publisher=The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?en/roncalli/research/summary/introduction.10218.htm |title=Synopsis of the Angelo Roncalli Dossier |publisher=The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation |date= 1 February 2011}}, submitted to [[Yad Vashem]].</ref>

In 2011, the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation submitted a massive file (the Roncalli Dossier) to [[Yad Vashem]], with a strong petition and recommendation to bestow upon him the title of [[Righteous among the Nations]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Eurnekian |first=Eduardo |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/good-pope-joseph/ |title=Good Pope 'Joseph' |newspaper=The Times of Israel |date=3 June 2013 |access-date=23 June 2013}}</ref>