04082nam 22006854a 450 991078376390332120230912172159.01-282-86022-497866128602250-7735-6994-410.1515/9780773569942(CKB)1000000000244954(SSID)ssj0000281541(PQKBManifestationID)11239892(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281541(PQKBWorkID)10306305(PQKB)11178150(CaPaEBR)400011(CaBNvSL)gtp00521300 (Au-PeEL)EBL3330601(CaPaEBR)ebr10132782(CaONFJC)MIL286022(OCoLC)929120661(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/h4sckm(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400011(MiAaPQ)EBC3330601(DE-B1597)656216(DE-B1597)9780773569942(MiAaPQ)EBC3243491(EXLCZ)99100000000024495420040504d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII[electronic resource] the Roman Catholic Church and the division of Europe, 1943-1950 /Peter C. KentMontréal ;Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Pressc2002viii, 321 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2326-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.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.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.Christianity and politicsCatholic ChurchHistory20th centuryCommunism and ChristianityCatholic ChurchPapacyHistory1929-1945EuropePolitics and government1945-Christianity and politicsCatholic ChurchHistoryCommunism and ChristianityCatholic Church.PapacyHistory327.456/34Kent Peter C.1938-1579645MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783763903321The lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII3859869UNINA