The Pope's Last Crusade
How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI's Campaign to Stop Hitler

The year was 1938. Hitler was in complete power, leading Nazi Germany on a campaign through Europe, to spread his views. In the Vatican, Pope Pius XI, who was slowly declining into failing health, sought the assistance of an American Jesuit Priest, John LaFarge. LaFarge was a scholar, whose expertis......more

I won Peter Eisner’s The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius Xi’s Campaign to Stop Hitler, as a Goodread's Giveaways. Eisner introduces us to the Jesuit John LaFarge. An American Jesuit who dedicated his life to racial justice and the pursuit of equality for all. The book re......more

A well researched, very interesting book about the last days of Pope PiusXI and his campaign against Mussolini and Hitler and their policies of hate and racisism against the Jews. Pius had selected and American Jesuit who had already written extensively about racisism in the American South where he......more

I love a good spy story ...especially when it is alleged to be true. And as fellow reviewer, Ian, points out below in his comments, you're wise to NEVER forget that this is an author's interpretation of a complex issue in our past ...not documented history. One could argue that this book is much lik......more

What might have been if Pope Pius XI had lived a little longer..... a fascinating story.......more