000463420 000__ 02126cam\a2200421\a\4500 000463420 001__ 463420 000463420 005__ 20220707065128.0 000463420 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000463420 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000463420 008__ 130530s2013\\\\maua\\\\ob\\\\001\0beng\d 000463420 010__ $$z2012029809 000463420 020__ $$a9780674067301$$qelectronic book 000463420 020__ $$z9780674049611 000463420 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn819323268 000463420 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642581 000463420 035__ $$a463420 000463420 037__ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674067301$$bDOI 000463420 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000463420 05014 $$aBX1378$$b.V46 2013eb 000463420 08204 $$a282.092$$aB$$223 000463420 1001_ $$aVentresca, Robert. 000463420 24510 $$aSoldier of Christ$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe life of Pope Pius XII /$$cRobert A. Ventresca. 000463420 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,$$c2013. 000463420 300__ $$a1 online resource (405 p.) :$$bill. 000463420 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000463420 5050_ $$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?. 000463420 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000463420 520__ $$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. 000463420 520__ $$aReveals a paradoxical figure: a prophetic reformer of limited vision whose leadership stimulated the emergence of a global Catholicism while sowing doubt and dissension among some of the Church's most faithful servants. The Cold War and Pius XII's manner of engaging with the modern world defined his pontificate, Ventresca argues. 000463420 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000463420 60000 $$aPius$$bXII,$$cPope,$$d1876-1958. 000463420 650_0 $$aPopes$$vBiography. 000463420 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000463420 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aVentresca, Robert.$$tSoldier of Christ.$$dCambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013$$z9780674049611$$w(DLC) 2012029809$$w(OCoLC)792887482 000463420 8520_ $$bacq 000463420 85280 $$bebk$$hHarvard University Press 000463420 85640 $$3Harvard University Press$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067301$$zOnline Access 000463420 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:463420$$pGLOBAL_SET 000463420 980__ $$aEBOOK 000463420 980__ $$aBIB 000463420 982__ $$aEbook 000463420 983__ $$aOnline