Vatican Secret Diplomacy: Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII

by Charles R. Gallagher

Book Overview

In the corridors of the Vatican on the eve of World War II, American Catholic priest Joseph Patrick Hurley found himself in the midst of secret diplomatic dealings and intense debate. Hurley's deeply felt American patriotism and fixed ideas about confronting Nazism directly led to a mighty clash with Pope Pius XII. It was 1939, the earliest days of Pius's papacy, and controversy within the Vatican over policy toward Nazi Germany was already heated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300121342
• ISBN13: 9780300121346
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"