A history of the popes in the twentieth century
Subtitle: their struggle for spiritual clarity against political confusion
By: Owen F. Cummings ; with a foreword by Thomas Bokenkotter.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780773448582
Subjects: Papacy -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Thomas Bokenkotter; title: Introduction; title: The papacy in the 18th and 19th centuries; title: Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922); title: Pope Pius XI (1922-1939); title: Pope Pius XII (1939-1958); title: Pope John XXIII (1958-1963); title: Pope Paul VI (1963-1978); title: Vatican Council II (1962-1965); title: Pope John Paul I; title: Pope John Paul II (1978-2005); title: Concilium and communio : Karl Rahner, SJ and Hans Urs von Balthasar; title: Pope Benedict XVI (2005-); title: The church tomorrow by way of conclusion.