![]() Yet in the last years of his life-as the Italian dictator grew ever closer to Hitler-the pontiff’s faith in this treacherous bargain started to waver. Drawing on recently released Vatican archives and Italian Fascist archives, he reveals how Pope Pius XI granted Vatican support to Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in exchange for restored privileges to the Church. His books include "Prisoner of the Vatican" (Houghton Mifflin, 2004), "The Popes Against the Jews" (Knopf/Vintage, 2001), and "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara" (Knopf/Vintage), a finalist for the National Book Award in 1997, which is being made into a movie by Steven Spielberg.Ībout the Talk: Kertzer lays out the historical context for his most recent book, "The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pope Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe," (Random House, 2014). McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and CultureĪbout the Speaker: David Kertzer is the Dupee University Professor of Social Science, and professor of anthropology and Italian studies at Brown University. ![]() Orientations & Information for Incoming Students. ![]()
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