Webinar Announcement: The Holocaust-Era Archives of Pope Pius XII: The State of the Question
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Webinar Announcement: The Holocaust-Era Archives of Pope Pius XII: The State of the Question The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College, the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad…
Webinar Note: The Opening of the Pius XII Archives and Holocaust Research
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Webinar Note: The Opening of the Pius XII Archives and Holocaust Research By Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum On March 2, 2020, the multiple archives relating to the…
Public Lecture: “‘The Church is not Afraid of History’: The Opening of the Vatican Archives, 1939-1958”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Public Lecture: “‘The Church is not Afraid of History’: The Opening of the Vatican Archives, 1939-1958” By: Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum This lecture, the Hal Israel Endowed…
Review of John Pollard, The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Review of John Pollard, The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), 560 Pp., ISBN: 9780199208562. By Lauren Faulkner Rossi The papacy during the first…
Review of Jacques Kornberg, The Pope’s Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Review of Jacques Kornberg, The Pope’s Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015), 405 Pp., ISBN 9781442628281. By Beth…
Review of Mark Riebling, Church of Spies: The Vatican’s Secret War against Hitler
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Review of Mark Riebling, Church of Spies: The Vatican’s Secret War against Hitler (New York: Basic Books, 2015), 375 Pp. ISBN 9780465022298. By Mark Edward Ruff, St. Louis University That…
Papal Rescue in Wartime Rome: A New Documentary and Commentaries
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 2 (June 2015) Papal Rescue in Wartime Rome: A New Documentary and Commentaries By William Doino Jr. On April 1st, a documentary was televised in Italy entitled, “Lo vuole il Papa” (The Pope Wants…
Review Article: The Vatican and the United States during the Interwar Era
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 4 (December 2014) Review Article: The Vatican and the United States during the Interwar Era By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Luca Castagna, A Bridge across the Ocean: The United States and…
Review of Robert A. Ventresca, Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 4 (December 2013) Review of Robert A. Ventresca, Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013), 405 pp. ISBN: 978-0-674-04961-1. By Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College…
Review of David Bankier, Dan Michman, Iael Nidam-Orvieto, Pius XII and the Holocaust: Current State of Research
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 4 (December 2013) Review of David Bankier, Dan Michman, Iael Nidam-Orvieto, Pius XII and the Holocaust: Current State of Research (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2012). By Jacques Kornberg, University of Toronto This book, on an enduring…
May 2009 Newsletter
Association of Contemporary Church Historians (Arbeitsgemeinschaft kirchlicher Zeitgeschichtler) John S. Conway, Editor. University of British Columbia May 2009 — Vol. XV, no. 5 Dear Friends, Contents: 1) Obituary: Albrecht Schoenherr 2) Book reviews: a) Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol. 10 b) Söderblom, Letters c) Spicer, Hitler’s…
March 2009 Newsletter
Association of Contemporary Church Historians (Arbeitsgemeinschaft kirchlicher Zeitgeschichtler) John S. Conway, Editor. University of British Columbia March 2009 — Vol. XV, no. 3 Dear Friends, The approach of Lent is perhaps the appropriate time to reflect on issues in contemporary church…
January 2009 Newsletter
Association of Contemporary Church Historians (Arbeitsgemeinschaft kirchlicher Zeitgeschichtler) John S. Conway, Editor. University of British Columbia January 2009 — Vol. XV, no. 1 Dear Friends, My very best wishes to you all for the beginning of the New Year. It…