'The Holy Father wants to save his children . . . '

Written by a nun at a convent in Rome as the darkness descended during World War II:

"The Holy Father wants to save his children, including the Jews, and orders that hospitality be shown to these persecuted people in the convents," said a note found in the historical journal of the Augustinian Community of Santi Quattro Coronati.

It is a note about verbally delivered orders dated November, 1943, and tends to be exculpatory.