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The Pope's Last Crusade

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by Peter Eisner


  Castelli, Jim, 226

  Catholic Church

  anti-Semitism and, 47, 51, 93

  German conquest of Austria and, 13

  in Germany, 231

  Hitler support by, 13

  LaFarge views about totalitarianism and, 162–63

  Mussolini ban on Jewish-Catholic marriages and, 142–43

  Nazi and Fascist agents within, 98, 99

  Pius XI views about political role of, 214

  rejection of Judaism as religion by, 113

  role in World War II of, 216, 218–19

  Spanish Civil War and, 106

  See also Vatican; specific person or topic

  Catholic Student’s Mission Crusade, 34

  Catholic University: Kristallnacht reactions at, 152–53

  Catholics

  Hitler persecution/harassment of, 8, 13, 26–27, 47, 75, 130

  Mussolini bans marriage between Jews and, 142–43

  in Nazi army, 229

  See also Catholic Church; Vatican;

  specific person, nation, or topic

  CBS Radio: Hurley speech on, 218–19

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 218

  Cesa-Bianchi, Domenico, 156, 201–2

  Chadwick, Owen, 212

  Chamberlain, Neville

  Churchill criticism of, 133

  death of, 217

  Hitler and, 117–18, 127, 128, 133, 168

  LaFarge views about, 161

  Masaryk meeting with, 17

  Mussolini and, 166, 167, 168–69

  Nazi Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia and, 112, 117–18, 212

  Phillips (Caroline) views about, 166, 167

  Pius XI and, 129, 167–68

  resignation of, 217

  Rome visit of, 166–69

  Sudetenland and, 117–18

  support for, 166

  See also appeasement; Munich Agreement

  Chardon, Heinrich, 38–39, 40–41

  Charles-Roux, François, 128, 197–98, 212

  Childs, Frances, 140

  Church of Our Lady (Koblenz, Germany), 38–39

  Churchill, Winston, 73–74, 130, 133, 176

  Cianfarra, Camille, 204, 205

  Ciano, Galeazzo

  anti-Semitism and, 109

  Chamberlain visit to Rome and, 167, 169

  and German invasion of Czechoslovakia, 120

  Lateran Accords and, 173, 175

  Mussolini comments about Pius XI to, 160

  Nazi-Italian relations and, 121

  Pacelli/Pius XII and, 188, 189, 196, 212–13

  Phillips (William) meeting with, 120–21

  Pius XI death/funeral and, 187–88, 193

  selection of Pius XI successor and, 196

  U.S. plans if war broke out and, 121

  Vatican-Italy relations and, 109, 110, 143

  Cicognani, Amleto Giovanni (bishop), 145

  Cintra, Sebastiano Leme da Silveira (cardinal), 205

  Cittario, Battista, 28

  civil rights, 1–2, 11, 223–24, 225. See also specific person or event

  Civil War, Spanish, 78, 90, 105–6

  Civilta Cattolica magazine, 135

  code system, of LaFarge, 18, 40

  College of Cardinals, 31, 58, 147, 160–61, 194, 203

  Communism

  Catholic Church views about, 17–18, 31

  Coughlin views about, 153

  divisions within U.S. about, 141

  in France, 79

  German views about Pius XI death and, 193

  Hitler pledge to obliterate, 25

  Jews and, 77, 78, 93

  LaFarge views about, 17, 106

  Ledóchowski views about, 77–78, 194–95

  Pacelli-Roosevelt discussion about, 71–72

  Pacelli views about, 71, 79

  Petacci family and, 199

  Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 113, 159

  Pius XI views about, 77–79, 91, 111, 113, 168, 194

  propaganda about Pius XI and, 129

  Spanish Civil War and, 105, 106

  splits among Roman Catholics about, 105

  Vatican-Italy relations and, 111

  concentration camps, 40, 151, 230

  Concordat, German-Vatican (1933), 25, 142, 143, 226

  Confalonieri, Monsignor Carlo, 20, 34, 174, 175, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183–84, 189–90

  Congress, U.S.: reaction to Pius XI death in, 193

  Copello, Santiago Luis (cardinal), 205

  Coppa, Frank J., 228

  Coughlin, Charles, 153–54, 163

  Cross, Milton, 162, 163

  crosses, crooked: analogy about, 32–33, 160–61, 219

  Cushing, Richard (cardinal), 225

  Czechoslovakia

  Jews in, 46

  LaFarge planned trip to, 16

  Munich Agreement and, 133

  Nazi invasion/occupation of, 111–12, 117–18, 120–21, 124, 125–26, 133, 141, 212

  Nazi relations with, 41–45, 47, 75

  Phillips-Ciano meeting about, 120–21

  Pius XI views about, 130

  See also Sudetenland

  Daladier, Édouard, 128

  Davis, Thurston N., 225

  democracy

  LaFarge views about, 162

  Roosevelt views about, 164

  Desbuquois, Gustave, 81, 91, 96, 97, 111

  Divinis Redemptoris (Pius XI encyclical), 77–78, 113

  Dodd, William E., 69

  Dougherty, Dennis (cardinal), 205

  D’Ouince, Father, 90

  Downey, Father, 108

  Drexel, Katharine, 83

  The Education of Henry Adams (Adams), 88–89

  Elizabeth (queen of England), 84

  encyclical, Pius XI–LaFarge

  anti-Semitism/Jews and, 59–62, 75, 91, 92–93, 99, 111, 112, 113, 115, 135–36, 138, 171, 172, 214, 225–26

  assistants for writing, 81

  censorship of, 114

  Communism and, 113, 159

  cover story for, 82

  delivery to Pius XI of, 134–38, 141, 144–45, 146, 159, 165, 170–71, 227

  drafts of, 112–13, 172, 214, 225–26, 227

  Fascists and, 160

  fear of Gestapo and, 100

  first major public revelation about, 226

  Gundlach-LaFarge letters about, 136–37, 145, 146, 172, 194–95, 215–16, 226

  Hitler and, 75, 113, 114, 231, 232

  human rights and, 112

  importance of, 97, 111, 226, 231–32

  International Justice as blueprint for, 90–91

  introduction of, 114

  key points in, 114–15

  Killeen-LaFarge correspondence about, 138

  LaFarge delivery to Ledóchowski of, 146

  LaFarge feelings/concerns about, 80–81, 112, 164–65, 222, 223

  as LaFarge legacy, 113

  LaFarge return to U.S. and, 134

  Mussolini and, 190

  nationalism and, 171

  Nazis and, 160

  news services announcement about, 159–60

  Pacelli and, 189–90

  Paris as base for working on, 81, 83, 84–85, 86–96, 99

  Passelecq-Suchecky book about, 226–27

  Pius XI beatification of and, 230

  Pius XI death and, 189–90, 226

  Pius XI expectations about, 90

  Pius XI illness and, 147, 171–72

  Pius XI–LaFarge letters about, 145–46, 165, 227

  Pius XII–Ledóchowski meeting about, 214

  Pius XII rejection of, 214–16

  plans for, 51–52, 59–62

  publication of, 164–65, 215, 226

  purpose of, 51–52, 59–62

  racism and, 59–62, 90–91, 92, 111, 115, 137, 155, 160, 171, 172

  rewriting of, 170–71, 189–90

  Rosa review of, 135–36, 138, 170

  secrecy about, 61, 75–76, 81, 82, 84, 96–97, 99, 100, 105, 171

  title for, 113, 17
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  Vatican-Nazi relations and, 137–38

  Vatican politics and, 75–76, 94, 116–17, 146–47

  writing of, 86, 89–96, 100, 105, 107, 108, 111–13, 115–16, 134

  See also Ledóchowski, Wlodimir, and Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical

  encyclicals

  of Pius XI, 22, 25–26, 41, 51–52, 72, 75, 77–78, 91, 97, 113, 135, 147, 226

  See also specific encyclical

  England. See Great Britain; London, England

  Etudes magazine, 90

  Eucharistic Congress (Budapest, 1938), 8, 45–49, 50

  Eucharistic Congress (New Orleans, 1938), 147

  Europe, LaFarge 1938 trip to

  America magazine story about, 161–62

  Budapest visit during, 47–50

  England visit during, 11–13, 15–18

  Eucharistic Congress and, 47–50

  French tours and, 86–87

  Koblenz visit during, 38–41

  LaFarge on French-German border during, 36–38

  LaFarge homesickness during, 89–90

  LaFarge return from, 131, 132, 134, 139–40

  map of, 32

  Paris visit during, 34–35

  Prague visit during, 41–45, 141

  purpose of, 8, 18, 47

  Rome visit during, 52–57

  Evian-les-Bains (France): international conference on refugees in, 85–86

  Farinacci, Roberto, 110–11, 154

  Fascists. See Italy/Fascists; Mussolini, Benito

  Fattorini, Emma, 228

  Faustino, Brother, 181, 183

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 154

  Ferdinand, Archduke Franz, 42

  Feuermann, Emanuel, 139

  Feuermann, Mrs. Emanuel, 139

  Fonsau, George Hoffman, 42

  Ford, Henry, 154

  France

  Alsace concerns of, 12

  Communism in, 79

  German views about, 39

  LaFarge 1938 tours of, 86–87

  LaFarge on border between Germany and, 36–38

  LaFarge views about, 85, 86–87

  Munich Agreement and, 131, 133

  Nazi-Czechoslovakia relations and, 44, 112, 118, 125

  Nazi occupation of Sudetenland and, 133

  Pacelli election/coronation as pope and, 211

  selection of Pius XI successor and, 195, 197–98

  U.S. relations with, 86

  war preparations of, 176

  See also Paris, France

  Franciscan Brothers of the Sick, Chapel of (Koblenz, Germany), 41

  Franciscans, 40, 41

  Franco, Francisco, 55, 78, 105–6

  FUCI (Catholic youth organization), 201

  Gallagher, Charles, 228

  Gannon, Michael, 228

  George VI (king of England), 84–85

  German Reichstag: Hitler speech to, 176

  Germany. See Nazi Germany; specific person

  Gianfarra, Camille, 204–5

  Goebbels, Joseph, 45, 123, 124, 127, 147–48, 150, 154

  gold, 139

  Goldstein, Israel, 164

  Göring, Hermann, 25, 147–48

  Graham, Father Robert, 172

  Grano, Monsignor Carlo, 185

  Grasselli, Luigi, 29

  Great Britain

  Hurley–Pius XI relationship and, 104

  LaFarge 1938 trip to, 11–13, 15–18

  Munich Agreement and, 131, 133

  Nazi-Czechoslovakia relations and, 44, 112, 118, 125, 133

  Pacelli visits to, 73–74

  Pius XI crooked crosses statement and, 33

  Pius XI encyclical about Nazis and, 72

  selection of Pius XI successor and, 195, 196

  Vatican policies toward Nazis and Fascists and, 212

  Vatican relations with, 168

  war preparations in, 12, 176

  See also London, England

  Gregorian University, 52, 53, 54, 73, 83, 134, 145

  Grynszpan (Herschel) family, 150

  Gumpel, Peter, 230

  Gundlach, Gustav

  concerns about Ledóchowski of, 100, 116

  concerns about Pacelli of, 100

  copies of encyclical and, 172

  as LaFarge assistant on encyclical, 81

  LaFarge delivery of encyclical and, 117

  LaFarge letters to/from, 136–37, 145, 146, 160, 165, 172, 194, 215, 226

  LaFarge relationship with, 91, 93, 94, 95, 114, 216

  LaFarge self-doubts and, 93

  Ledóchowski and, 92, 134–35, 146, 159

  and Ledóchowski delivery of encyclical to Pius XI and, 134–35, 146, 159, 165

  Maher letter to, 215

  Nazi relations with, 100

  Pacelli/Pius XII and, 100, 160, 211–12

  Pius XI conspiracy theory of, 137

  Pius XII rejection of Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 215

  publication of encyclical and, 172, 215

  secrecy about Vatican activities and, 97, 99

  views about Hitler of, 100, 111

  views about Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical of, 215–16

  writing of Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 91, 94–96, 111, 113, 134

  writing style of, 94–95

  Halifax, Lord, 17, 166–67, 168

  Hary, Nicola Mattioli, 202

  Heilbrunn (Julius) family, 139

  Henderson, Sir Neville, 43

  Hennequin, Paule, 202

  The Hidden Encyclical of Pius XI (Passelecq and Suchecky), 227

  Himmler, Heinrich, 213

  Hitler, Adolf

  anti-Catholic program of, 130

  as Catholic, 33

  Catholic Church/Vatican views about, 13, 17, 25, 176

  Chamberlain and, 117–18, 127, 128, 133, 168

  Ciano-Phillips meeting about, 121

  Communism pledge of, 25

  Coughlin support for, 153

  crooked crosses statement and, 33

  Evian-les-Bains refugee conference and, 85–86

  excommunication of, 173, 188

  German Reichstag speech of, 176

  Innitzer incident and, 143–44

  LaFarge 1938 trip to Europe and, 3, 8–9, 17–18

  LaFarge views about, 41, 126, 141, 161

  Munich Agreement and, 131, 133, 167

  Mussolini relations with, 33, 52, 69, 75, 105, 167, 218

  Pacelli/Pius XII and, 105, 210, 211–12, 213, 215

  Pacelli–Pius XI relations and, 74

  Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 75, 113, 114, 231, 232

  Pius XI views about, 15, 19–21, 22, 25–27, 31–32, 33–34, 47, 67, 69, 72, 74, 75, 97, 103, 122, 128–29, 130, 133, 168, 174, 177, 193, 210, 212, 216

  Rome visit of, 12, 13–15, 19, 20–21, 32, 33–34, 35, 37, 47, 52, 67, 85, 160

  Schuster comments about, 152

  selection of Pius XI successor and, 195

  Spanish Civil War and, 106

  as speaker, 124–25

  Sportpalast speech of, 123–28, 129, 130, 141, 161, 194

  Vatican-Nazi relations and, 143–44

  views about Pius XI of, 4, 13, 32, 160

  See also Nazi Germany; specific person or topic

  Hitler Youth organization, 40, 231

  Holy Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, 77

  Horthy, Nicholas, 48

  Hull, Cordell, 69, 122, 193–94

  human rights, 90, 112, 164, 221

  Humanis Generis Unitas (The Unity of the Human Race). See encyclical, Pius XI–LaFarge

  Hungary: Jews in, 46, 47, 48

  Hurley, Monsignor Joseph

  appointment as bishop in St. Augustine of, 218

  banishment of, 218

  break with Vatican of, 217

  CBS Radio speech of, 218–19

  death of, 219

  Innitzer incident and, 143–44

  Mundelein visit to Rome and, 148

  Pacelli election/coronation as pope and, 204�
�5, 211

  and Pacelli love of German culture, 74

  Pacelli/Pius XII relationship with, 104–5, 211, 217

  papers of, 228

  personal and professional background of, 104–5

  Phillips’s relationship with, 103, 104, 105, 122, 130, 144, 148, 168, 179, 187, 217–18

  Pius XI–Chamberlain meeting and, 167

  Pius XI illness/death and, 179, 180, 187

  Pius XI relationship with, 104, 122, 217, 218, 219

  and Pius XI views about Nazis and Fascism, 103

  role at Vatican of, 103–4

  Roosevelt thank-you letter to, 123

  selection of Pius XI successor and, 196

  two crosses image and, 32, 33, 219

  Vatican Radio address of, 217

  Vatican-U.S. relations and, 122–23

  views about Nazis of, 218, 219

  views about pacifism of, 217

  views about Pius XII of, 216–17, 219

  Ickes, Harold, 176

  Il Secolo XIX magazine, 174, 201

  Innitzer, Theodor (cardinal), 13, 100, 143–44

  Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission, 40

  Israel, Edward L. (rabbi), 194

  Italian Federation of Catholic University Students: Pius XI speech to, 174, 201, 227

  Italy/Fascists

  as agents within Catholic Church, 98

  anti-Semitism in, 109, 158, 160, 173, 199

  Catholics in, 33, 142–43

  censorship in, 122

  Coughlin and, 154

  divisions within U.S. about, 141

  entrance into World War II of, 217

  influence of Nazi Germany on, 102, 103, 232

  Jews in, 14, 102, 109, 142–43, 232

  Lateran Agreement and, 160, 174

  marriage bans in, 142–43

  Nazi relations with, 102, 103, 121

  Pacelli views about, 100

  Phillips appointment as ambassador to, 68

  Pius XI death and, 190

  Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 160

  Pius XI views about, 4, 49, 69, 101, 102, 168, 174, 190–92, 193, 194

  racism in, 101, 115, 160, 190, 232

  selection of Pius XI successor and, 195–96, 197

  U.S. relations with, 69

  Vatican relations with, 82, 98, 102–3, 108–10, 142–43, 160, 173–74, 187, 188, 190–91, 231

  young Italians opposed to, 174

  See also Mussolini, Benito

  Jesuits

  St. Ignatius views about, 89

  See also America magazine; specific person

  Jews

  Aryans as needing protection from, 101

  at Castel Gandolfo, 229

  Communism and, 77, 78, 93

  in concentration camps, 40, 151, 230

  Coughlin views about, 153, 163

  emigration of, 176

  Hitler/Nazi persecution of, 8, 9, 13, 51, 60, 69, 109, 115, 133, 138, 150–53, 176, 226, 231, 232

  Hitler trip to Rome and, 14

  Kristallnacht and, 150–53

  LaFarge 1938 European trip and, 46

  Ledóchowski views about, 77, 78

 

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