Pope Pius XII as it was foretold, laboriously walked to the Hill of the Cross around him died priests, monks and nuns and millions of faithful, victims of the war. What a terrible burden this true successor of Peter had to carry. In the end he was betrayed and killed. He could not live to see 1960 and saw how terrible the conspiracy was around him. When he was already lying in his room, ailing, he said that his words would not even reach the closed door of his room. He saw death and betrayal all around him