Title: The Popes Last Crusade How An American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius Xis Campaign To Stop Hitler
Description: 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.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945, National socialism and religion, Church and state, Relations with Germany, Catholic Church, History, Foreign relations, Pius xi, pope, 1857-1939, Catholic church, foreign relations, World war, 1939-1945, religious aspects, Germany, foreign relations, catholic church, Religious aspects