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The Pope's Last Crusade

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by Peter Eisner


  Mussolini bans marriage between Catholics and, 142–43

  Nazi occupation of Sudetenland and, 133

  Nazi-Vatican relations and, 161

  Pacelli comments about, 48

  Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 75, 111, 112, 115

  Pius XI views about, 4, 138

  Pius XII and, 229

  reactions to Pius XI death among, 194

  as refugees, 85–86, 111–12, 117

  resettlement of, 176

  on Statendam, 139

  Vatican views about, 226, 230, 231

  See also anti-Semitism

  John Paul I (pope), 230

  John Paul II (pope), 230

  John XXIII (pope), 203, 230

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 224

  Judaism: Catholic Church rejection of, 113

  Kaufmann, Liesel, 151

  Kennedy, Eunice, 209

  Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 209, 223, 224, 225

  Kennedy, Joseph P., 70, 205, 209

  Kennedy, Kathleen, 209

  Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 205, 209

  Kerr, Florence, 71

  Kertzer, David, 228

  Killeen, John, 135, 136, 138, 164–65

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1, 2, 222, 223–24

  Klieforth, Alfred, 211

  Koblenz, Germany: LaFarge visit (1938) to, 38–41

  Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass, 1938), 150–53, 154, 231

  LaFarge, Bancel (brother), 87, 89, 105, 107–8, 117, 140

  LaFarge, Grant (brother), 87, 108, 117, 140

  LaFarge, Jean Frédéric de (father), 10, 83, 87–89, 140

  LaFarge, John

  arts interests of, 89

  awards and honors for, 154, 221–22

  Bancel death and, 107–8, 117

  childhood/youth of, 9, 87–88

  death of, 225

  early priestly activities of, 2, 10–11

  education of, 10, 107

  family background of, 9, 10, 87–88

  health of, 131, 140

  homesickness of, 89–90, 117

  influence on Pius XI of, 51–52, 59–60, 102, 221

  LaFarge Sr. influence on, 89

  ordination of, 10

  papers of, 225–26, 227

  paranoia of, 38

  Pius XI private audience with, 55–62, 82, 83

  regrets of, 131, 223

  security concerns of, 18

  self-doubts of, 93

  thoughts about death of, 1

  See also specific person or topic

  LaFarge, John: books and speeches by

  “American Democracy: Its Success and Its Problems,” 34

  A Catholic Viewpoint on Racism, 222

  Interracial Justice, 2, 4, 8, 11, 51, 59–60, 82, 90–91, 94, 102, 221

  The Manner Is Ordinary, 221, 222

  Reflections on Growing Old, 222

  LaFarge, Mabel (Bancel’s wife), 107

  LaFarge, Margaret Mason Perry (mother), 10, 87, 88, 89

  LaFarge, Margaret (sister), 16

  Lateran Accords (1929), 62, 64, 160, 173–75, 176–77, 188

  Lauri, Lorenzo (cardinal), 155, 182, 183–84

  LaValle, Edmond, 135

  Lazarini, Father, 177

  Lazaron, Morris S., 163

  Lebrun, Albert, 84

  Ledóchowski, Mieczyslaw, 77

  Ledóchowski, Wlodimir

  America magazine and, 79–80

  as “Black Pope,” 76

  Communism views of, 77–78, 194–95

  death of, 222

  Hitler Sportpalast speech and, 123–24, 126, 127–28, 141, 195

  influence of, 76, 77

  LaFarge praise for, 145

  Pacelli/Pius XII and, 75, 76, 214, 216

  papers of, 222

  personal and professional background of, 76–77

  Pius XI relationship with, 76, 79, 82–83

  Pius XI views about Hitler and, 75

  reputation of, 80

  style/methods of, 79, 222

  Vatican-Nazi relations and, 76, 137–38

  views about Jews of, 77, 78, 138

  views about Nazi Germany of, 77, 138, 194–95

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

  Ledóchowski, Wlodimir, and Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical

  and delays delivering encyclical to Pius XI, 134–38, 141, 145, 146, 159, 165, 170–71, 189, 227

  Desbuquois assignment to project and, 91

  and drafts of encyclical, 172

  Gundlach and, 92, 100, 116, 134–37, 146, 159, 165, 172, 194–95

  LaFarge delivery of encyclical and, 115, 116–17, 146

  LaFarge-Ledóchowski letters and, 96–97, 99

  LaFarge-Ledóchowski meeting, 76, 79, 80–83

  LaFarge-Ledóchowski relationship and, 79–80, 82, 83, 134, 136–37, 145, 222, 223

  LaFarge–Pius XI letters and, 145–46, 165

  LaFarge views about, 99–100, 222–23

  Ledóchowski letter to Pius XI about, 170–71, 189, 227

  Pius XI illness/death and, 172, 189–90, 223

  Pius XI receives copy of encyclical and, 170–71

  Pius XI request of LaFarge and, 61

  and Pius XII rejection of encyclical, 214–15

  and proposed redrafting of encyclical, 170–71, 189, 227

  publication of encyclical and, 164–65, 172

  Rosa review of encyclical and, 135–36

  and secrecy about encyclical, 96–97, 99

  Lehnert, Sister Pasqualina, 74

  Leo XIII (pope), 73

  L’Epoque newspaper, 211

  Lindbergh, Charles, 159

  London, England: LaFarge 1938 trip to, 16–18

  London Times, 13, 14, 15, 67, 166, 182, 184, 217

  Maher, Zacheus, 97, 164–65, 172, 214–15

  March on Washington (1963), 1, 223–24

  Marconi, Guglielmo, 64–65

  Maritime Commission, U.S., 70

  marriage ban, Mussolini’s, 142–43

  Marx, Karl, 25

  Maryks, Robert, 228

  Maryland: LaFarge work among blacks in, 2, 10–11, 48

  Masaryk, Jan, 16–18, 45, 126, 141

  Masaryk, Tomás Garrigue, 17

  McCormick, Anne O’Hare, 34–35, 50

  McCormick, Father Vincent, 54–55, 56, 83, 134

  McNaspy, C. J., 225

  Milani, Aminta, 23–24, 25, 155, 156, 159, 177, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 198–99, 200

  Montini, Monsignor Giovanni Battista. See Paul VI (pope)

  Mooney, Edward (cardinal), 79

  Morgan, Thomas B., 24, 27, 28–30

  Moro, Aldo, 174

  Mundelein, George (cardinal), 147–50, 205

  Munich Agreement (1938), 118, 124, 128–30, 131–32, 133, 141, 142, 161, 166–67, 212

  Murphy, Joseph A., 96, 97

  Mussolini, Benito

  anti-Fascists and, 156

  anti-Semitism/race issues and, 102, 103, 109, 135–36, 142–43, 158, 160

  bishops–Pius XI meeting and, 188–89, 190, 191, 201

  as Catholic, 33

  Catholic Church views about, 17

  Chamberlain and, 166, 167, 168–69

  Ciano-Pacelli meeting and, 189

  construction/welfare projects of, 53–54

  crooked crosses statement and, 33

  death of, 200

  domination of Rome by, 52–53

  excommunication of, 173, 188

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

  and Hitler visit to Rome, 12, 14, 19, 52, 85

  Italians as Aryans study and, 101

  Lateran Accords and, 64, 160, 173–74, 175

  media control by, 67

  Munich Agreement and, 128, 129–30, 131, 142

  Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia and, 122

  Nazi-Italy relations and, 102

  Pacelli criticisms of, 142–43

  Pacelli–Pius XI relations and, 74

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  Phillips appointment as U.S. ambassador and, 69

  Phillips (Caroline) views about, 167

  Pius XI death/funeral and, 187, 190, 193

  Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 75, 113, 190

  Pius XI relations with, 4, 32, 67, 102–3, 109, 110–11, 122, 143, 160, 173–74, 175, 187, 199

  Pius XI views about Fascists and, 1–9, 19–20, 31–32, 33, 74, 101, 102–3, 109–11, 129, 143, 160, 177, 193, 210, 212, 216

  Pius XII and, 210, 211–12, 213

  Schuster comments about, 152

  selection of Pius XI successor and, 195, 197

  tracking of Vatican communications by, 98, 123

  Vatican-Italy relations and, 143, 191

  young Italians’ opposition to, 174

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1

  National Catholic Conference on International Justice, 11

  National Catholic Reporter, 226, 232

  National Conference of Jews and Christians, 8, 163

  National Women’s Organization, 205

  nationalism: Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 91, 171

  Nazi Germany

  anti-Semitism/race issues in, 47, 85–86, 101, 102, 109, 115, 133, 150–53, 154–55, 160, 176, 231, 232

  Austria conquest by, 4, 8, 9, 12–13, 35, 47, 75, 100, 143

  Catholic influence on, 231–32

  Catholics/Catholic Church in, 8, 13, 26, 33, 38–41, 99, 105, 147, 231

  censorship in, 39

  Chamberlain–Pius XI meeting about, 167–68

  Czechoslovakia invasion/occupation by, 111–12, 117–18, 120–21, 122, 124, 125–26

  and Germans as Aryans, 101

  Italy relations with, 102, 103, 121

  Kristallnacht in, 150–53

  LaFarge on border between France and, 36–38

  Pacelli/Pius XII and, 74, 100, 105, 205, 211, 213, 229, 230

  Pius XI and, 4, 19–20, 22, 25–27, 49, 69, 72, 75, 97, 102, 130, 147, 161, 163, 164, 167–68, 191–92, 193, 212, 216, 219

  Pius XI death and, 190, 193

  Pius XI encyclicals about, 26, 51–52, 72, 75, 77–78, 97

  Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 59–62, 113, 160

  Poland conquest by, 217

  Roosevelt State of the Union message about, 163–64

  selection of Pius XI successor and, 195–96

  spying on Vatican by, 97–99

  Sudetenland occupation by, 133

  U.S. diplomatic relations with, 69, 151

  U.S. divisiveness about, 141

  Vatican influence on, 231–32

  Vatican relations with, 25, 26–27, 33, 75, 82, 97–99, 128–30, 137–38, 143–44, 161, 176, 213, 231

  See also Munich Agreement; Nazi Germany; specific person or topic

  Neurath, Konstantin, Baron von, 167

  New York City: German views about, 39–40

  New York Herald, 66

  New York Stock Exchange, 125

  New York Times

  British-Czech relations and, 17

  German-Jews stories in, 46

  Kristallnacht reports in, 151

  LaFarge comment about civil rights in, 224

  on LaFarge Sr. as artist, 88

  McCormick article in, 34–35

  on Mussolini-Hitler relationship, 167

  Pacelli accident reported in, 207

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

  on Pius XI appearance/illness, 22, 23

  Pius XI death report in, 190

  Pius XI first radio broadcast report in, 65

  Pius XII peace initiatives and, 213

  and reaction to Pius XI death, 181–82, 194

  Tisserant allegations and, 201

  Tisserant files story in, 229

  tracking of ships in New York harbor by, 7–8

  Vatican-Italy relations story in, 190

  New York Tribune, 211

  New York World Telegram: Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical announcement in, 159–60

  Oberlohna, Nicholas Boehm, 42

  O’Brien, Conor Cruise, 231

  O’Connell, William (cardinal), 205

  Osservatore Romano

  Hitler editorials in, 130

  Hitler visit to Rome and, 20–21, 32

  Hurley radio address comments in, 217

  Kristallnacht and, 151

  LaFarge–Pius XI meeting published in, 82

  Pius XI criticism of Mussolini in, 102

  on Pius XI health, 179

  Pius XI influence and, 67

  Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical comment in, 91

  Pius XI Spanish Civil War comments in, 106

  Pius XI statement about dangers of Nazi Germany as compared with Russia in, 161

  Pius XI views about Munich Agreement in, 129

  Pius XII views about World War II in, 229

  reporting of Pius XI comments in, 22

  Roosevelt statements in, 122, 144

  two crosses image and, 33

  Vatican-Italy relations report in, 103

  Vatican-U.S. relations and, 122

  Vatican views of Hitler/Nazism in, 212

  Vatican views of Italy/Fascism in, 212

  Ovecka, Father Jaroslav, 44

  Pacelli, Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni (cardinal and Pope Pius XII)

  accidents of, 118–19, 207

  appearance of, 73, 74

  beatification of, 230

  birthday of, 206

  choice of name Pius XII by, 207, 210, 211

  Churchill meeting with, 73–74

  Communism and, 71, 79

  criticisms of, 216–17, 229, 230

  death of, 230

  election/coronation as pope of, 195–203, 204–9, 231

  elevation to cardinal of, 74

  as emulating policies of Pius XI, 210, 211

  in England, 73–74

  at Eucharistic Congress (1938), 47–49

  expansion of responsibilities of, 158

  and first blessing offered by Pacelli as pope, 208

  first message as pope of, 210–11

  Hull cable about Pius XI death to, 193–94

  Hurley and, 104–5, 211, 216–17, 218, 219

  Innitzer resignation and, 13

  intra-Vatican relations and, 211–12

  Italy-Vatican relations and, 100, 110, 188, 212

  Kristallnacht and, 151

  LaFarge and, 213–14

  LaFarge–Pius XI private audience and, 58

  Ledóchowski and, 76, 214, 216

  modus operandi of, 216

  Munich Agreement and, 118, 129, 212

  musical interests of, 73, 74

  Mussolini and, 142–43, 210, 211–12

  Mussolini–Pius XI relations and, 102–3

  named secretary of state, 74

  Nazi Germany and, 75, 76, 100, 105, 129, 210, 211–12, 215

  and Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, 212

  neutrality policy of, 216, 229

  ordination of, 73

  papers of, 229

  peace initiatives of, 210, 213, 219

  personal and professional background of, 72–74, 76

  personality of, 230

  Petacci family and, 199

  Pius XI bishops speech and, 175, 178, 189–90, 230

  Pius XI blessing on, 182

  Pius XI compared with, 230

  Pius XI death/funeral and, 177, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 187, 192

  Pius XI health and, 155, 158, 160

  Pius XI influence on, 207

  Pius XI–LaFarge encyclical and, 61, 76, 99, 189–90, 214–16

  Pius XI meetings with, 118, 159

  Pius XI relationship with, 50–51, 57, 74–75, 119, 145, 196

  and Pius XI views about Hitler and Mussolini, 72, 74, 75, 129

  popularity of, 208

  power/influence of, 146–47, 160

  predictions about actions of, 210–11

  religious studies of, 73 />
  Roosevelt meeting with, 69–72

  and Roosevelt statements on Vatican media, 144

  Switzerland vacation of, 118, 119, 129, 145

  U.S.-Vatican relations and, 209

  World War II role of, 229

  See also specific person or topic

  Pacelli, Fillippo (father), 72

  Pacelli, Virginia (mother), 72–73

  Papal States: dissolution of (1867), 70

  Paris, France

  George VI visit to, 84–85

  German occupation of, 217

  German views about, 39

  impact of Munich Agreement on, 131, 132

  LaFarge 1938 visit to, 34–35

  LaFarge encyclical project and, 81, 83, 84–85, 86, 89–96, 99, 105, 111–16

  LaFarge views about, 131, 132

  Passelecq, Georges, 226–27

  Paul VI (pope), 184, 185, 189, 202–3, 230

  Penco, Bianca, 174, 201

  Pers Z (German organization), 97–98

  Petacci, Clara, 102, 199, 200

  Petacci, Ferdinando, 200

  Petacci, Francesco Saverio, 198–200

  Petacci, Giuseppe, 199

  Petacci, Marcello, 200

  Petacci, Maria, 200

  Pétain, Philippe, 84

  Phillips, Caroline Drayton, 14, 68, 120, 142–43, 149, 165–66, 167, 196, 208–9, 210, 218

  Phillips, William

  Chamberlain–Pius XI meeting and, 168

  at Chamberlain reception, 166, 167

  Ciano meeting with, 120–21

  diaries and memoir of, 227–28

  Hitler anti-Catholic editorial in Vatican newspaper and, 130

  Hitler-Mussolini alliance and, 69

  Hitler Sportpalast speech and, 124–25

  Hitler visit to Rome and, 14

  Hurley relationship with, 104, 105, 122, 130, 144, 148, 168, 179, 187, 217–18

  Innitzer incident report and, 144

  Mundelein visit to Rome and, 148–49

  Pacelli election/coronation as pope and, 207–8, 209, 210, 211

  personal and professional background of, 68–69

  Pius XI death/funeral and, 187, 193

  Pius XI health and, 150, 179

  Pius XI–Hitler relations and, 103, 122

  Pius XI–Mussolini relations and, 103, 122

  post-Italy assignments of, 218

  Roosevelt and, 68–69, 120, 218

  and Roosevelt views about Munich Agreement, 130

  selection of Pius XI successor and, 196, 197

  as U.S. ambassador to Italy, 14, 68, 120–21

  and U.S. plans about outbreak of World War II, 121–22

  U.S.-Vatican relations and, 209

  Vatican-Italy relations and, 120–21

  Vatican views of Nazis/Fascists and, 124–25, 212

  views about Hitler of, 124–25

  Pius IX (pope), 57

  Pius X (pope), 185, 199, 230

  Pius XI (pope)

  allegations about death of, 198–99, 200, 201, 202–3, 226

  anniversary of election to papal throne of, 64–65, 178

 

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