1. The Catholic Church in the First half of the 20th Century

2. Important Events/Dates
World War I:
Russian Revolution: 1917
Catholic Social Movement: 1920s
Rise of Nazism: 1920s and 1930s
World War II:

3. Response to Communism 1917 Russian Revolution
Working class take control
Result: totalitarian regime
Pope Pius XI response
Difference between communism and socialism
Condemns communism
Also condemns social conditions that nourished communism

4. Concerns about Economics and Social Order
Quadragesimo Anno
Ethical implication of social and economic order
Unrestrained capitalism and totalitarianism dangerous
Private property must be allowed

5. Nazi Germany and the Vatican
Pope Pius XII: Hitler’s Pope?
Concordat
Was Pius indifferent to the holocaust?
Canonization (Pius a Saint)

6. Eugenio Pacelli Educated in canon law Papal Nuncio to Germany, 1917
Elevated to Archbishop
Cardinal Secretary of State, 1930
Concordat with Germany, 1933

8. Diplomatic Relations Pacelli silenced Catholic priests and bishops
Opposed violations of Concordat, 1937
Vindictive response from Hitler
Elected Pope, 1939
Chooses the name Pius

10. Pius XII in Action Call from Rabbi Herzog in 1940
Pius challenged Ribbentrop
Encyclical Summi Pontificatus
Cautious condemnation
Nazi occupied Rome
Pius hid Jews and forged baptismal documents

11. Should Pius be made a Saint?
December 2009
Pope Benedict XVI put forward Pius XII and John Paul II for sainthood

12. Focus Question
Did Pius do everything a Catholic Should and could have done?
How would you judge Pius’ actions relative to our values and virtues?