Righteous Gentiles
Subtitle: How Pius XII And the Catholic Church Saved Half a Million Jews from the Nazis
Contributors: Michael Novak (Foreword)
Publisher: Spence Publishing Company
Published: November 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781890626600
Subjects: Religion; History; History - General History; Holocaust; Christianity - History - Catholic; Christianity - General; Catholic Church; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Religious aspects; Rescue; World War, 1939-1945
Description: A relentless band of propagandists has convinced much of the world that Pope Pius XII and the Catholic Church, in the face of the great moral crisis of the twentieth century, were little more than Nazi lapdogs. The myth of 'Hitler's pope', however, is grounded not in the facts of history but in the ideological agenda of Pius's detractors. Given unprecedented access to Church archives, including a confidential Vatican report on Pius XII, Ronald J. Rychlak documents the heroic response of the Holy Father and countless other Catholics to the plight of Jews under Nazi rule. From the end of World War II until well after his death, Pius XII was universally respected for his leadership...
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; label: 1
title: Due Process; label: 2
title: Achille Ratti: Pope Pius XI; label: 3
title: The German Clergy; label: 4
title: Eugenio Pacelli: Pope Pius XII; label: 5
title: "Charity That Fears No Death"; label: 6
title: "The Jews Are Our Brothers"; label: 7
title: The Hidden Pius XII; label: 8
title: Illogical Arguments and Manufactured Evidence; label: 9
title: A Righteous Gentile; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index