The Pope's last crusade: how an American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI's campaign to stop Hitler / Peter Eisner
2013, 1st edition. New York, NY: William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. Small black permanent marker mark on page edges. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #236387
Physical Description; x, 292 pages, [16] pages of plates: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. 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; A settling of accounts -- Nostalgia confronts reality -- A "crooked cross" -- The imposition of the Reich -- The Pope's battle plan -- The flying cardinal -- A democratic response -- In the heat of the summer -- The Pope's discontent -- Shame and despair -- A new year and an end to appeasement -- Will there be time? -- Change overnight -- The new regime -- Excerpts from LaFarge's encyclical. Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-277) and index. Subjects; Pius XI, Pope, 1857-1939. La Farge, John, 1880-1963. Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Relations with Germany. Catholic Church--Germany--History--1933-1945. Church and state--Germany--History--1933-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. National socialism and religion.
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