Pope Pius XII: Architect for Peace

Margherita Marchione

Paulist Press, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 345 pages

Highlights Pope Pius XII's efforts to bring about peace and help victims of the Second World War, especial based on scholarship and pertinent original documents relating to these matters.

Contents

• Judging Pius XII: 13
• B The Historical Record: 55
• 2 US Wartime Correspondence: 66
• 3 Postwar Appraisal of Vatican Policies: 68
• 4 Arrival of the Allies: 70
• 5 Hitlers Plan: 72
• 6 Vatican Documents: 74
• 7 The Jewish Community: 76
• 8 Death of Pius XII: 78
• 9 Developments in the Media: 85
• 10 Conclusion: 97
• The Pope and His Concern for Prisoners of War: 103
• A Prisoners of War: 105
• B Pope Pius XII to the Prisoners of War: 108
• C Vatican Information Bureau: 111
• 1 Vatican Secretariat of State: 113
• 2 Founding of the Information Bureau: 114
• 3 Organization of Work: 115
• 4 Letters from Prisoners of War: 116
• 5 Postal Service: 119
• 6 Vatican Radio: 120
• D Tributes to Pius XIIs Humanitarian Work: 123
• E Epilogue: 132
• The Pope and the Horror of the Holocaust: 141
• A Pope Pius XIIs Appeal for World Peace: 143
• B Interview with Peter Gumpel SJ: 153
• C Church Shoah and AntiSemitism: 157
• D The Myth in the Light of the Archives: 178
• Background Documentation: 191
• A Chronology of Pope Pius XII: 193
• B Annotated Bibliography: 201
• Appendix: 223
• A Introduction: 225
• B Documents: 227
• Notes Index: 331
• JUDGING PIUS XII: 333
• Index: 339

Bibliographic information

• Title: Pope Pius XII: Architect for Peace
• Author: Margherita Marchione
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Paulist Press, 2000
• ISBN: 080913912X, 9780809139125
• Length: 345 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Religious; Religion / Christianity / Catholic; Religion / Christianity / History