Vatican Secret Diplomacy - Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII (Hardcover)

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. This groundbreaking book is both a biography of Joseph Hurley, the first American to achieve the rank of nuncio, or Vatican ambassador, and an insider’s view of the alleged silence of the pope on the Holocaust and Nazism.   Drawing on Hurley’s unpublished archives, the book documents critical debates in Pope Pius’s Vatican, secret U.S.-Vatican dealings, the influence of Detroit’s flamboyant anti-Semitic priest Charles E. Coughlin, and the controversial case of Croatia’s Cardinal Stepinac. The book also sheds light on the powerful connections between religion and politics in the twentieth century.  

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	June 2008
Creators:	Society Of Jesus New England
Authors:	Charles R. Gallagher
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-12134-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy Books > History > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	0-300-12134-2
Barcode:	9780300121346

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