Pope Pius XII and World War II - August Hlond, Catholic Church and Nazi Germany, Reorganization of Occupied Dioceses During World War II, Catholic Cler (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: August Hlond, Catholic Church and Nazi Germany, Reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II, Catholic clergy involvement with the Usta e, Hitler's Pope, Myron Charles Taylor, Alleged plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII, Karl Wolff, Tacchi Venturi, Vatican City during World War II, Hilarius Breitinger, Pope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address, Seat 12, Pontificia Commissione di Assistenza, Bombing of Rome in World War II, Filippo Cortesi, Bombing of the Vatican, Catholic bishops in Nazi Germany, The Myth of Hitler's Pope, Bombing of Foggia in 1943. Excerpt: One of the most salient intersections of church and state in twentieth century history was the Catholic Church's response to the totalitarianism of Nazi Germany. In the 1930s, the Catholic Church was faced with the dilemma of how to respond to the rise of totalitarianism. After initially making an effort to negotiate a modus vivendi with such regimes in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, it found such accommodation increasingly difficult to maintain in the face of ever more aggressive challenges to its rights by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. After a series of protests made against such infringements of its prerogatives, the Vatican felt it necessary to issue two encyclicals opposing the policies of Mussolini and Hitler: Non Abbiamo Bisogno in 1931 and Mit Brennender Sorge in 1937, respectively. Mit Brennender Sorge included criticisms of Nazism and racism. However, the exigencies of the geopolitical situation constrained the ability of the Vatican to act in opposition to these regimes. The Bavarian region, the Rhineland and Westphalia as well as parts in south-west Germany were predominantly Catholic, and the church had previously enjoyed a degree of privilege there. North Germany was heavily Protestant, and Catholics had suffered some discrimination. In the...