The lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII : the Roman Catholic Church and the division of Europe, 1943-1950 / / Peter C. Kent.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Kent, Peter C., 1938-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 321 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Pt. 1. The Church and the challenge of communism Introduction -- The first cold warriors -- Pt. 2. The Roman Catholic Church in the Second World War -- The Church and the Axis powers -- The Church under Nazi occupation -- The Church in the Balkans -- The Church in the United States -- The Soviet Union and the Catholic Church -- The papacy and the Second World War -- Pt. 3. Il dopoguerra : neither war nor peace -- Papal leadership after the war -- Early persecution in the Balkans -- The Catholic majorities of East Central Europe -- Catholics and European reconstruction -- The Catholic Church and the occupation of Germany -- Pt. 4. The Cold War begins -- The martyrdom of Archbishop Stepinac -- Vatican resistance to the division of Europe -- The impossibility of Vatican neutrality -- Communist consolidation and Catholic division -- The religious Cold War : communist offensive -- The religious Cold War : Catholic counter-offensive.