001403883 000__ 02158cam\a2200421\a\4500 001403883 001__ 1403883 001403883 005__ 20220707065138.0 001403883 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001403883 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001403883 008__ 220707s2013\\\\maua\\\\ob\\\\001\0beng\d 001403883 010__ $$z2012029809 001403883 020__ $$a9780674067301$$qelectronic book 001403883 020__ $$z9780674049611 001403883 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn819323268 001403883 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642581 001403883 035__ $$a463420 001403883 037__ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674067301$$bDOI 001403883 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 001403883 05014 $$aBX1378$$b.V46 2013eb 001403883 08204 $$a282.092$$aB$$223 001403883 1001_ $$aVentresca, Robert. 001403883 24510 $$aSoldier of Christ$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe life of Pope Pius XII /$$cRobert A. Ventresca. 001403883 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,$$c2013. 001403883 300__ $$a1 online resource (405 p.) :$$bill. 001403883 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001403883 5050_ $$aPius war -- Black nobility and papal Rome -- Diplomat's vocation -- Conflict and compromise -- Tremendous responsibility -- War and Holocaust -- New world order -- Universal pope -- Virtuous life?. 001403883 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001403883 520__ $$aDocuments the life of the controversial pope, discussing his religious upbringing, his work as a papal diplomat, his reponses to the persecution of the Jews during World War II, and his appointment of church officials in China, India, and Africa. 001403883 520__ $$aReveals a paradoxical figure: a prophetic reformer of limited vision whose leadership stimulated the emergence of a global Catholicism while sowing doubt and dissension among some of the Church's most faithful servants. The Cold War and Pius XII's manner of engaging with the modern world defined his pontificate, Ventresca argues. 001403883 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001403883 60000 $$aPius$$bXII,$$cPope,$$d1876-1958. 001403883 650_0 $$aPopes$$vBiography. 001403883 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 001403883 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aVentresca, Robert.$$tSoldier of Christ.$$dCambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013$$z9780674049611$$w(DLC) 2012029809$$w(OCoLC)792887482 001403883 8520_ $$bacq 001403883 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 001403883 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3301196$$zOnline Access 001403883 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:463420$$pGLOBAL_SET 001403883 980__ $$aEBOOK 001403883 980__ $$aBIB 001403883 982__ $$aEbook 001403883 983__ $$aOnline