Abstract
In a letter addressed to the Foreign Office in August 1933, Ivon Kirkpatrick, the British chargé d’affaires to the Vatican, made several important observations about Cardinal Pacelli. The comments are a window into the way Pacelli saw the Church’s relationship with the Third Reich. It also allows the historian access to that rarest of sources, Pacelli’s personal feelings on the activities of Hitler, and the position of the Church.
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Notes
- 79.Harrigan (1966), 467–9. Nonetheless, Hitler had his sympathizers among some clergy. The Anglican bishop of Gloucester declared quite simply in July 1938: “It is not true that the German churches are treated with insult and injustice.” Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller ‘s recent jailing by the Nazis was justified because he had abused the privilege of the pulpit and preached politics. The bishop concluded by assuring his readers that all was well in Germany “provided [the clergy] obey the law and do not use their pulpits for political purposes”. Times, July 14, 1938.Google Scholar
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