The Pope's Cabinet: Pius XII's Secret War for Saving Jews -- Johan Ickx - Paperback

For the first time since WWII, the newly opened archives of the Vatican's Secretariat of State reveal the role of Pius XII and the Holy See during the war: the secret correspondence with President Roosevelt to stop the escalation of events; the Pope's support of the Roman Escape Line to help the most persecuted; the diplomatic attempts to curb the 3rd Reich policies, the rejection of Marshall Petain's racial laws; the organization of emergency baptisms to save thousands of Jews from deportation and the denunciation of high clergy in power in Slovakia's Nazi government. These unique documents bring to light the hidden influence of the Vatican and the key role played by the Pope in Nazi-occupied Europe: a shining example of soft diplomacy in the darkest times.

Author: Johan Ickx
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Published: 04/18/2023
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781644138588

About the Author

Johan Ickx is a doctor in Church history from the Pontificia Università Gregoriana and the author of a book on the Vatican during World War I, La guerre et le Vatican; Les secrets de la diplomatie du Saint Siège (1914-1915). As Head of the Historical Archive of the Secretariat of State of the Vatican, he has orchestrated the digitization of the Vatican's World War II archives, ahead of their offi cial opening to researchers in March 2019.