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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808983503321
• Autore: Kent Peter C. <1938->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-282-86022-4; 9786612860225; 0-7735-6994-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 321 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 327.456/34
• Soggetti: Christianity and politics - Catholic Church - History - 20th century; Communism and Christianity - Catholic Church; Papacy - History - 1929-1945; Europe Politics and government 1945-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII Peter Kent shows how the Catholic Church was able to continue to exist on both sides of the Iron Curtain in spite of the division of Europe after the Second World War. ; Although Christian democracy became increasingly influential in western Europe, the struggle to preserve the position and rights of the Church in the east was much more difficult. When east European governments, under Moscow's direction, began their offensive against the independence of the Church in 1948, the papacy found that it stood alone, with little assistance from the U.S. Kent offers a new assessment of Pius XII, extending the study of his career and papacy beyond the Second World War. He also examines the origins of the Cold War, the European perspective on American and Soviet policies, and the diplomatic role and influence of the Roman Catholic Church.