I was certainly aware of the complicity of the Roman Catholic Church in the rise of fascism in Italy, and totalitarian (non-communist) states elsewhere before (and during) the Second World War, but until reading this book I never knew the extent. The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe by David I. Kertzer is eye-opening. The Vatican worked closely with Mussolini for the benefits it could derive from the Fascist movement. This work is a crushing condemnation of the Church and its recent history of organized antisemitism.
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