Church of spies : the Pope's secret war against Hitler
Riebling, Mark2015
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Place reservation for Church of spies : the Pope's secret war against HitlerBorn Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII is perhaps the most vilified and detested Pope in modern history. Pius XII and the Vatican are thought to have appeased Hitler and betrayed international Jewry by staying silent during the Holocaust. The accusation has fundamentally damaged the Catholic Churchs moral standing, and earned Pius XII the nickname Hitlers Pope. But this narrative of a spiritual leader who stumbled in the worlds greatest hour of need, of a man determined to look the other way is not the complete story. In Church of Spies, intelligence expert Mark Riebling uses a wealth of recently uncovered documents to redraw the conventional image of the wartime Pope, who, in his account, was not Hitlers lackey, but an active anti-Nazi spymaster. Using documents recently released by the Vatican Secret Archives and the British Foreign Office, Riebling shows that the Churchs wartime campaign against Hitler was far more extensive than ever thought and that many actions were intended to undermine the Nazi regime, and were approved by Pius XII himself. In the end, Pius XII was neither a righteous gentile nor Hitler's Pope. He was a politician, at a time when the world needed a prophet.
Main title:
Church of spies : the Pope's secret war against Hitler / Mark Riebling.
Author:
Riebling, Mark, author
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2015.Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2015.©2015
Collation:
viii, 375 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781925106862
Dewey class:
940.532445634940.5324
Language:
English
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Subject:
Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 -- Political and social viewsCatholic Church -- Political activityCatholic Church -- Foreign relations -- GermanyEspionage -- Vatican City -- HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Vatican CityWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects -- Catholic ChurchIntelligence service -- Vatican City -- HistoryAnti-Nazi movement -- Vatican CityVatican City -- Strategic aspectsGermany -- Foreign relations -- Catholic ChurchVatican City -- History
BRN:
29159
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