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

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The Pope's last crusade, how an American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI's campaign to stop Hitler, Peter Eisner
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
The Pope's last crusade
Oclc number
796762480
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Peter Eisner
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how an American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI's campaign to stop Hitler
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
Table Of 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
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