Hitler, the War, and the Pope

By Ronald J. Rychlak

Book Overview

Perhaps no modern-day leader of the Church has sparked as much controversy as Pope Pius XII, the Bishop of Rome during World War II.Some claim that he was indifferent to Nazi atrocities and even accuse him of being an anti-Semite Nazi sympathizer.Others call him a lonely voice of sanity in an insane world and consider him one of the true saints of the modern world.Discover the truth in Hitler, the War, and the Pope.In this convincing refutation of the black legend depicting Pius XII as passive and silent in the face of the Holocaust, learn how the Pope's unremitting hostility to Nazism, repeated condemnations of anti-Semitism led to his feverish efforts to save Jewish lives.A definitive answer to the allegation that Pius XII was 'Hitler's Pope.'

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879732172
• ISBN13: 9780879732172
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 6.0"