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The pope's dilemma : Pius XII faces atrocities and genocide in the Second World War / Jacques Kornberg
- Author
- Kornberg, Jacques, 1933-
- Published
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 405 pages).
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- Series
- Contents
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: An Approach to the Controversy; 1 The Demolition of Pope Pius XII's Reputation; 2 The Vatican and Nazi Germany: The 1933 Concordat; 3 Pius XII and the Second World War: The Catholic Belligerent States; 4 Pius XII and the Second World War: Poland; 5 Catholic Anti-Jewish Attitudes: Achille Ratti, Eugenio Pacelli, and Others; 6 Pope Pius XII and His Predecessors: Different Popes, Similar Policies; 7 The Debate over Pius XII's Priorities; Conclusion: Religious Good Trumps Moral Good; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Summary
- A meticulous and careful analysis of the career of the twentieth century's most controversial pope, The Pope's Dilemma argues that Pius XII's refusal to condemn Nazi Germany and its allies was driven by the desire to keep Catholics within the Church.
- Subject(s)
- Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945—Religious aspects—Catholic Church
- World War, 1939-1945—Atrocities
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945—Aspect religieux—Église catholique
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945—Atrocités
- Holocauste, 1939-1945
- RELIGION—Christianity—Catholic
- HISTORY—Europe—Germany
- War—Religious aspects
- Atrocities
- World War (1939-1945)
- Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
- ISBN
- 9781442622579 (electronic bk.)
1442622571 (electronic bk.)
9781442622586 (electronic bk.)
144262258X (electronic bk.)
9781442650213
1442650214
9781442628281
1442628286 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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