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Alleged plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII
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<p>Several authors have alleged that there was a plot to kidnap <a href="/facts/Pope_Pius_XII/k2XgCEy2">Pope Pius XII</a> by the <a href="/facts/Nazis/JjsMI4lE">Nazis</a> when they occupied Rome during World War II. SS General <a href="/facts/Karl_Wolff/orAJBky5">Karl Wolff</a> stated that he had been ordered on September 13, 1943, to kidnap the Pope. </p>