Preface * PART I: The Germany and Europe Policies of the Vatican, 1904-1920 * Eugenio Pacelli: State Canonist, Diplomat and Authority on Canon Law * Pacelli Becomes Apostolic Nuncio in Munich (1917) and Advocates the Pope's Peace Initiative * The Position of the Munich Nuncio on Revolution and the Efforts of the Holy See for a Just Peace * Setting Up an Embassy of the German Reich at the Holy See and the Berlin Nunciature (1920) * The Hitler Putsch and Pacelli's Move to Berlin * PART II: Vatican Foreign Policy between 1920-1929 * Catholic Nationalism in Poland and the Role of Achille Ratti * The Vatican's Negotiations with Soviet Russia * The Holy See between Germany and Poland * Pacelli, the Centre, and the Concordat Policy towards Prussia and the Reich * The Vatican's Clerical 'Domestic Policy' in Germany * The Lateran Treaty and the Restoration of the Papal States * Pacelli's Verdict of the Catholic Church in Germany at the End of His Nunciature * PART III: The Foreign Policy of the Vatican under Cardinal Secretary of State Pacelli (1930-1939) * First Conflicts with Italian Fascism, Developments in the Catholic Parties of Germany and Austria * First Conflicts with National Socialism * 'God Wills It!' The ideal of the Catholic Corporate State and the Attempt to Establish It in a Number of Catholic States in Europe * The Visits of Göring and Brüning to the Vatican * Pius XI's Understanding of the Kingdom of Christ * 'C'est Mon Concordat!' - The Origin of the 1933 Reich Concordat * Persecution of Jews and Catholics * The End of His Munich Nunciature * Struggle over the Implementing Regulations in Article 31 of the Reich Concordat * Catholicization of National Socialism? The Bridge-Building Attempt of Alois Hudal * The Holy Office's Drafts against Totalitarian Systems (1935-36) * The Spanish Civil War * The Three Papal Encyclicals of March 1937 * The 'Anschluss' of Austria * The Encyclical Draft on Racism * Hitler in Rome, the Instruction against Racism, and the Reichspogromnacht in 1938 * The Death of Pius XI, the Election of Pacelli as Pope, and the Threat of War * The 'Fullness of the Divine Right to be Obeyed', the Authoritarian Catholic Ideal of the State and the Totalitarian States * List of abbreviations * Notes * List of sources and references * Index of persons Preface * PART I: The Germany and Europe Policies of the Vatican, 1904-1920 * Eugenio Pacelli: State Canonist, Diplomat and Authority on Canon Law * Pacelli Becomes Apostolic Nuncio in Munich (1917) and Advocates the Pope's Peace Initiative * The Position of the Munich Nuncio on Revolution and the Efforts of the Holy See for a Just Peace * Setting Up an Embassy of the German Reich at the Holy See and the Berlin Nunciature (1920) * The Hitler Putsch and Pacelli's Move to Berlin * PART II: Vatican Foreign Policy between 1920-1929 * Catholic Nationalism in Poland and the Role of Achille Ratti * The Vatican's Negotiations with Soviet Russia * The Holy See between Germany and Poland * Pacelli, the Centre, and the Concordat Policy towards Prussia and the Reich * The Vatican's Clerical 'Domestic Policy' in Germany * The Lateran Treaty and the Restoration of the Papal States * Pacelli's Verdict of the Catholic Church in Germany at the End of His Nunciature * PART III: The Foreign Policy of the Vatican under Cardinal Secretary of State Pacelli (1930-1939) * First Conflicts with Italian Fascism, Developments in the Catholic Parties of Germany and Austria * First Conflicts with National Socialism * 'God Wills It!' The ideal of the Catholic Corporate State and the Attempt to Establish It in a Number of Catholic States in Europe * The Visits of Göring and Brüning to the Vatican * Pius XI's Understanding of the Kingdom of Christ * 'C'est Mon Concordat!' - The Origin of the 1933 Reich Concordat * Persecution of Jews and Catholics * The End of His Munich Nunciature * Struggle ove.