TITLE:
The Pope's last crusade : how an American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI's campaign to stop Hitler / Peter Eisner.
By:
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
New York : William Morrow,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
x, 292 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-277) and index.
Summary:
Draws on new archival research to examine Pope Pius XI's effort to reject Nazism, discussing how he enlisted the assistance of John La Farge, a virtually unknown American Jesuit, to craft a papal encyclical condemning Hitler's campaign against the Jews.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780062049148
