Synopsis
About Robert A. Ventresca
See more books from this AuthorEugenio Pacelli was the first Roman chosen as pope in a good century: Hailing from the “black nobility,” meaning, for generations his family had been employed by the Holy See and thus insiders, he was first appointed by Pius XI as his secretary of state, known for his probity and capacity for har...
Nov 15 2012 | Read Full Review of Soldier of Christ: The Life o...Despite Ventresca’s dismay at the way the Pius war deflects attention from the two-thirds of an important pontificate—it was Pius who decoupled the Church from colonialism, in part by appointing Third World cardinals—the historian knows his biography will be judged by how he judges Pius during th...
Feb 08 2013 | Read Full Review of Soldier of Christ: The Life o...An aggregated and normalized score based on 9 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes