FDR, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933-1945
From the multiplicity of Catholic responses to the New Deal, through FDR's diplomatic relationship with the Vatican during World War II, and on to the response of the United States and the Vatican to the Holocaust, this book expands our understanding of a largely unexplored aspect of FDR's presidency. These essays engage a complex blend of religion and politics, with the added ingredients of economics and war. This diverse, insightful collection promises an intellectual feast for those with...
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A distinguished array of scholars dissect the complex relationship between the White House, the Catholic Church in America, and the Vatican during the Roosevelt presidency.
AcknowledgmentsForewordPt. 1Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Catholics11Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Protestant Patrician in a Catholic Party32Roosevelt and the American Catholic Hierarchy11Pt. 2Catholic Friends/Catholic Foes: The New Deal and American Catholicism453John A. Ryan, the New Deal, and Catholic Understanding of a Culture of Abundance474Al and Frank: The Great Smith-Roosevelt Feud555California Catholics and the Gubernatorial Election of 1934676The Practical Personalism of the Catholic Worker and the Pragmatic Policies of the New Deal937Father Francis E. Lucey and President Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Neo-Scholastic Legal Scholar's Ambivalent Reaction to the New Deal1058Religious Liberty in American Foreign Policy, 1933-41: Aspects of Public Argument Between FDR and American Roman Catholics121Pt. 3Searching for a New World Order: FDR, the Vatican, and World War II1419Pope Pius XII and the Myron Taylor Mission: The Vatican and American Wartime Diplomacy14310Catholics, Jews, and the Bombardment of Rome: The Priorities of Pius XII During World War II15311Toward the Reconstitution of Christian Europe: The War Aims of the Papacy, 1938-4516312Diplomacy's Detractors: American Protestant Reaction to FDR's "Personal Representative" at the Vatican17913The Department of State and the Apostolic Delegation in Washington during World War II20914A Few Bits of Information: American Intelligence and the Vatican, 1939-4525315A Peculiar Brand of Patriotism: The Holy See, FDR, and the Case of Reverend Charles E. Coughlin269Pt. 4Reflections on the Shoah27916The Purpose of the Document, We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah281List of Contributors287Index289
