Eisner, Peter - The Pope's last crusade: how an American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI's campaign to stop Hitler / Peter Eisner

New York. NY: William Morrow. An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2013. 1st edition. 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. 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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