LEADER 02859nam 22005053u 450 001 9910162691103321 005 20230725021022.0 010 $a1-933909-09-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000061727 035 $a(EBL)669075 035 $a(OCoLC)707068836 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631884 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12245579 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631884 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10599274 035 $a(PQKB)10584206 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC669075 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL669075 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000061727 100 $a20151005d2011|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerica and the Vatican$b[electronic resource] $eTrading Information after World War II 210 $cMidpoint Trade Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-933909-69-2 327 $a""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""A Vaticanologist is Born""; ""A Relationship Growsa???Slowly""; ""Ben Gives an Assist to the Church in America""; ""Historical Growth of Papal Power""; ""The Paradigm of a Mini-State""; ""Pope Paul, the Man and His World""; ""The Vatican Vaults""; ""Audiences and American Visitors""; ""The Diplomatic Whirl""; ""Welcome to the Vatican, Mr. President""; ""Diplomatic Relationsa???Do We or Dona???t We?""; ""Our Diplomatic Relationship Under the Lodge Mission""; ""Covering the Waterfront""; ""A Long-Term Guest Departs""; ""The Middle East and Jerusalem"" 327 $a""American Prisoners of War""""The Population Conundrum""; ""The War Against Drugs""; ""Epilogue""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" 330 $aThe reader is given a rare view of the operations of the Vatican in the diplomatic world and some fascinating sidelights into the Vatican archives such as the role Benjamin Franklin played in the selection of the first Catholic Bishop in the United States and what the Pope actually intended to do about Henry the VIII.Robert Illing brings the reader into the fascinating and colorful political world of the Vatican, a unique entity with the dual nature of political state which functions apart from its other position as center of the Roman Catholic Church. A separate politcal state with diplomatic 531 $aAMERICA AND THE VATICAN 606 $aIlling, Robert F 615 4$aIlling, Robert F. 676 $a327 700 $aIlling$b Robert F$01371116 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162691103321 996 $aAmerica and the Vatican$93399917 997 $aUNINA