At least it would have been something rather than sitting back and watching as Jews were exterminated aka what they did.  Sophie Scholl was 21 when she was executed for condemning Nazism.  She is a hero and martyr.  Are you saying that Pius XI or Pius XII couldn't have had a bigger impact that a college girl in Munich?  

Populism is evil and must be defeated.  I think that Pope Francis is on much safer ground defeating that evil than in WWII.  He should.  This is evil