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The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler
By Kertzer, David I.
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- 9780593605776
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- Books on Tape
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Reviewed on June 10, 2024 | Social Sciences
If a person becomes the pope in wartime fascist Europe, does that person safeguard the church or protect its flock? In his latest book, Pulitzer Prize-winning Vatican scholar Kertzer (Prisoner of the Vatican) reveals that this was the question facing Pius XII, a man who spent his career inside the insular world of the Vatican administration, having never served in a parish. The new pope's first act was to destroy all copies of a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
