| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Draws on new archival research to examine Pope Pius XI's effort to reject Nazism, discussing how he enlisted the assistance of John La Farge, a virtually unknown American Jesuit, to craft a papal encyclical condemning Hitler's campaign against the Jews. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Settling of accounts -- Nostalgia confronts reality -- "Crooked cross" -- Imposition of the Reich -- Pope's battle plan -- Flying cardinal -- Democratic response -- In the heat of the summer -- Pope's discontent -- Shame and despair -- New year and an end to appeasement -- Will there be time? -- Change overnight -- New regime -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
La Farge, John, 1880-1963.
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Pius XI, Pope, 1857-1939.
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Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.
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Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 -- Relations with Germany.
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Catholic Church -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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Church and state -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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Church and state -- Europe.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Catholic Church.
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National socialism and religion.
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| ISBN |
9780062049148 |
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0062049143 |
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