God and the Fascists : The Vatican Alliance with Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, and Pavelic, Karlheinz Deschner
God and the Fascists
The Vatican Alliance with MUSSOLINI, FRANCO, HITLER, AND PAVELIC
The Vatican forged a devil’s deal with fascist leaders in the decade leading up to World War II’s onset.
Two popes virtually cooperated with Hitler, Mussolini, and the fascist dictators in Spain (Franco) and Croatia (Paveli) in the hopes of eradicating a common enemy—Marxist-Leninist communism.
This is the stinging verdict of this well-researched polemic, which has aroused controversy, anger, and heated debate in Germany for nearly five decades.
For the first time, it is now available in English.
Some book contents
The Beginnings of Cooperation between the Vatican and Fascism
The First Service
The Lateran Pacts
The Nazis’ Reaction to the “Reconciliation” with the Fascists
The Abyssinian War—with Papal Approval and the Complete Support
of the Italian High Clergy
Almost the Entire Italian Episcopate Supported the Fascist Raid
Chapter 2: The Vatican and the Spanish Civil War
From the Foundation of the Republic until the Outbreak of the War
Hitler’s Germany and Italy Helped the Catholic Rebels to Win The “Dear Son” of the Pope—a Devoted Friend of Hitler .
Russia’s Help for the Republic
Concerning the “Christian” Crusade against the “Godless Reds”
Republican Crimes and the Church’s Martyr Legend
The Crimes of the Franco Rebels Franco and the Vatican
“Peace in Order, Honor, and Well-being”—Pope Pius XII
Chapter 3: The Vatican and Hitler’s Germany
National Socialism Assumes Power The Enabling Act
The Catholic Parties Dissolved Themselves on Church Orders
The Concordat with Hitler’s Germany
All the German Bishops Called for Cooperation with Hitler in 1933 because the Vatican Wanted It
Leading Catholic Theologians Also Supported Hitler
The Alleged Scapegoat: German “Milieu Catholicism”
1. Under Hitler, the German Bishops Never Protested against Him or His System
2. The German Catholic Martyrs under Hitler Are Witnesses against the Church
The “Lion of Munster”