Righteous Gentiles: How Pius XII and the Catholic Church Saved Half a Million Jews from the Nazis

by Rychlak, Ronald J.

• ISBN13: 9781890626600
• ISBN10: 1890626600
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Spence Pub

Summary

A relentless band of propagandists has convinced much of the world that Pope Pius XII and the Catholic Church, in the face of the great moral crisis of the twentieth century, were little more than Nazi lapdogs. The myth of ?Hitler's pope, ? however, is grounded not in the facts of history but in the ideological agenda of Pius's detractors. Given unprecedented access to Church archives?including a confidential Vatican report on Pius XII?Ronald J. Rychlak documents the heroic response of the Holy Father and countless other Catholics to the plight of Jews under Nazi rule. From the end of World War II until well after his death, Pius XII was universally respected for his leadership in t

Author Biography

Ronald J. Rychlak is Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Professor of Law and associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Preface	xv
Due Process	3	(18)
Achille Ratti: Pope Pius XI	21	(23)
The German Clergy	44	(25)
Eugenio Pacelli: Pope Pius XII	69	(31)
``Charity That Fears No Death''	100	(50)
``The Jews Are Our Brothers''	150	(32)
The Hidden Pius XII	182	(11)
Illogical Arguments and Manufactured Evidence	193	(59)
A Righteous Gentile	252	(9)
Notes	261	(88)
Bibliography	349	(18)
Index	367