The Popes Last Crusade How An American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius Xis Campaign To Stop Hitler

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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