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What would have happened if someone besides Pius XII had been
elected Pope in 1939? Featuring actual historical figures, and
drawing on documents from this era, "Pope Gabriel" centers on the
election and papacy of Cardinal Vidal i Barraquer of Tarragona, a
survivor of the Spanish Civil War. "Pope Gabriel" describes the new
Pontiff's reaction to World War II, his dealings with
dictators-Franco, Mussolini, and Hitler-and his confrontation of
the Holocaust. In the course of his pontificate, Pope Gabriel
discovers that the papal presence is a more powerful weapon than
papal encyclicals or statements. He faces down the Falangists in
Barcelona, the Fascists in Rome, and the Nazis in Dachau. Finally,
on the verge of death from heart problems, he challenges the
roundup of the Roman Jews in October 1943. In this counterfactual
history, author Jose M. Sanchez offers a fascinating exploration of
papal power and its potential effects on the atrocities of World
War II and the Holocaust.
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