This bibliography on Church policies 1939–1945 includes mainly Italian publications relative to Pope Pius XII and Vatican policies during World War II . Two areas are missing and need separate bibliographies at a later date. * The bibliography does not include theology, theological issues and publications on the Theology of Pope Pius XII, Mariology of Pope Pius XII, on his ecclesiastical promulgations such as the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Church reforms, or, the Beatifications of Pope Pius XII, Saints canonized by Pope Pius XII, Encyclicals of the Pontiff and other theological issues. * Policies after World War Two are also not included such as Pope Pius XII Church policies after World War II, Persecutions of the Catholic Church and Pius XII, and Vatican policies regarding the Church in Russia, Poland and China and other countries. (en)