Soldier of Christ [electronic resource] : the life of Pope Pius XII / Robert A. Ventresca.
2013
BX1378 .V46 2013eb
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Title
Soldier of Christ [electronic resource] : the life of Pope Pius XII / Robert A. Ventresca.
Author
Ventresca, Robert.
ISBN
9780674067301 electronic book
9780674049611
9780674049611
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (405 p.) : ill.
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BX1378 .V46 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
282.092 B
Summary
Documents 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.
Reveals 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.
Reveals 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Pius war
Black nobility and papal Rome
Diplomat's vocation
Conflict and compromise
Tremendous responsibility
War and Holocaust
New world order
Universal pope
Virtuous life?.
Black nobility and papal Rome
Diplomat's vocation
Conflict and compromise
Tremendous responsibility
War and Holocaust
New world order
Universal pope
Virtuous life?.