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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Ventresca, Robert.     Subjects     Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.     Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century.     Papacy -- History -- 1929-1945.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Catholic Church.     Popes -- Biography.     Spiritual biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ventresca, Robert.       by title:      Soldier of Christ : ...       by call number:      282.092 P693v     Search the Web     Ventresca, Robert.     Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.     Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century.     Papacy -- History -- 1929-1945.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Catholic Church.     Popes -- Biography.     Spiritual biography.       MARC Display

Soldier of Christ : the life of Pope Pius XII / Robert A. Ventresca. by Ventresca, Robert. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013. Call #: 282.092 P693v Subjects Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.   Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century.   Papacy -- History -- 1929-1945.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Catholic Church.   Popes -- Biography.   Spiritual biography. ISBN:  9780674049611 (hc.) 0674049616 (hc.) Description:  405 p. [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Pius war -- Black nobility and papal Rome -- Diplomat's vocation -- Conflict and compromise -- Tremendous responsibility -- War and Holocaust -- New world order -- Universal pope -- Virtuous life? Summary:  "There are heated debates over the legacy of Pope Pius XII and his canonization. Soldier of Christ moves beyond competing caricatures and considers Pius XII as Eugenio Pacelli, a flawed and gifted man. While offering insight into the pope's response to Nazism, Robert A. Ventresca argues that it was the Cold War and Pius XII's manner of engaging with the modern world that defined his pontificate. Laying the groundwork for the pope's controversial, contradictory actions from 1939 to 1958, Ventresca begins with the story of Pacelli's Roman upbringing, his intellectual formation in Rome's seminaries, and his interwar experience as papal diplomat and Vatican secretary of state. Accused of moral equivocation during the Holocaust, Pius XII later fought the spread of Communism in Western Europe, spoke against the persecution of Catholics in Eastern Europe and Asia, and tackled a range of social and political issues. By appointing the first indigenous cardinals from China and India and expanding missions in Africa while expressing solidarity with independence movements, he internationalized the church's membership and moved Catholicism beyond the colonial mentality of previous eras. Ventresca reveals a paradoxical figure: a prophetic reformer of limited vision whose leadership both stimulated the emergence of a global Catholicism and sowed doubt and dissension among some of the church's most faithful servants"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 282.092 P693v Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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