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- Title
Pius XI. in der spanischen Arena: Der Vatikan, das nationalsozialistische Deutschland und das Ringen um die gesellschaftspolitische Ausrichtung des Franco-Regimes 1936 bis 1938.
- Authors
Sáenz Rotko, José Manuel
- Abstract
The author illuminates the position of the Holy See in the Spanish Civil War. He analyses, why Pope Pius XI took sides in favour of the insurrectionists under General Franco, long before the outcome of the conflict was foreseeable. Sources from Vatican archives reveal new perspectives on decisions and strategies of the Holy See. They indicate, that the Pope reached out to Franco mostly for one reason: He wanted to confront the danger of a National Socialist infiltration of the Franco state in statu nascendi. After the Kirchenkampf (church struggle) in the German Reich had escalated in 1937, the Holy See carried out a radical shift in strategy in its policy on Spain: Its international recognition of Franco was followed by intensive diplomatic engagement with the goal of at least marginalising, if not breaking German influence. The Vatican won its ideological struggle against Hitler: Franco based his regime on the foundation of a traditionalist-reactionary Weltanschauung; the Catholic Church became one of its cornerstones.
- Subjects
VATICAN City; PIUS XI, Pope, 1857-1939; SPANISH Civil War, 1936-1939; IDEOLOGICAL conflict; PAPACY; FRANCO, Francisco, 1892-1975; NATIONAL socialism; NAZIS; POPES
- Publication
Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 2022, Vol 70, Issue 2, p273
- ISSN
0042-5702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/vfzg-2022-0017