The lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII [electronic resource] : the Roman Catholic Church and the division of Europe, 1943-1950 / Peter C. Kent.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.

Pt. 1. The Church and the challenge of communism Introduction -- The first cold warriors -- Pt. 2. The Roman Catholic Church in the Second World War -- The Church and the Axis powers -- The Church under Nazi occupation -- The Church in the Balkans -- The Church in the United States -- The Soviet Union and the Catholic Church -- The papacy and the Second World War -- Pt. 3. Il dopoguerra : neither war nor peace -- Papal leadership after the war -- Early persecution in the Balkans -- The Catholic majorities of East Central Europe -- Catholics and European reconstruction -- The Catholic Church and the occupation of Germany -- Pt. 4. The Cold War begins -- The martyrdom of Archbishop Stepinac -- Vatican resistance to the division of Europe -- The impossibility of Vatican neutrality -- Communist consolidation and Catholic division -- The religious Cold War : communist offensive -- The religious Cold War : Catholic counter-offensive.

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