Is it a surprise? The Roman Catholic Church signed the Lateran Treaty with Germany, which restored its temporal power AKA recognition of Vatican City as a country.

The Roman Catholic Church provided the false documents used by the Nazis smuggled out of Germany to the US as part of Operation Paper Clip as well.

Edit: Reichskonkordat, not Lateran Treaty, was name of treaty between Vatican and Germany, and was signed by Cardinal Pacelli, the eventual Pope Pius XII, in 1933.

Is it a surprise? The Roman Catholic Church signed the Lateran Treaty with Germany, which restored its temporal power AKA recognition of Vatican City as a country.

The Roman Catholic Church provided the false documents used by the Nazis smuggled out of Germany to the US as part of Operation Paper Clip as well.