John T. Pawlikowski

John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M. (born November 2, 1940) is a Servite Friar priest, Professor of Social Ethics, and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program, part of The Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry, at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.[1]

As member of Catholic Theological Union since 1968,[2] Pawlikowski was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in 1980 by then-President Jimmy Carter. He was subsequently re-appointed by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. As of 2008, he chaired the Council's Subcommittee on Church Relations and served on its Executive Committee, the Committee on Conscience, and Academic Committee.[1]

Early life

Pawlikowski was born in 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Thaddeus John and Anna Mary (née Mizera) Pawlikowski. After high school, he entered the Order of the Servants of Mary in 1958, and subsequently enrolled at Loyola University Chicago, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963. He continued his priestly studies in Northern Ireland, only to return to the United States and eventually graduate from the University of Saint Mary of the Lake (Mundelein Seminary). He was then ordained to the priesthood in 1967, and a year later became one of the founding faculty members of Catholic Theological Union. In 1970, he received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in social ethics from the University of Chicago.

Views

Pawlikowski has been critical of John Cornwell's book Hitler's Pope,[3][4] a scathing representation of the record of Pope Pius XII and the Vatican during the Holocaust. Pawlikowski characterized Cornwall's book as "full of exaggerated claims and deceptions," "a work of deeply flawed scholarship" that "presents only the evidence that suggests [Cornwall's] predetermined view."[5] Other scholars have expressed similar judgments about the quality of Cornwall's book.[6]

Awards

Notes

  1. 1 2 "John T. Pawlikowski". United States Holocaust Museum. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  2. ↑ "TESTIMONY BY REV. JOHN T. PAWLIKOWSKI, O.S.M., PH.D.". United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  3. ↑ Pope Pius XII and the Nazis
  4. ↑ The Christian Century 117.6 (Feb 23, 2000): 214-216
  5. ↑ Pawlikowski, John T. The Christian Century 117.6 (Feb 23, 2000): 214
  6. ↑ See, for example, Kenny, Anthony. "Neither saint nor sinner." National Post [Don Mills, Ont, National Edition] 06 Nov 1999: 8. Zmirak, John. "Half a Million Witnesses." Intercollegiate Review 41.1 (Spring 2006): 53-56. Cavalli, Dimitri. "Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust: A Reply to Daniel Goldhagen." Modern Age 45.3 (Summer 2003): 278-284.

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