Church of Spies Riebling Mark
The heart-pounding history of how Pope Pius XII -- often labeled Hitler's Pope -- was in fact an anti-Nazi spymaster, plotting against the Third Reich during World War II.The Vatican's silence in the…
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The heart-pounding history of how Pope Pius XII -- often labeled Hitler's Pope -- was in fact an anti-Nazi spymaster, plotting against the Third Reich during World War II.The Vatican's silence in the face of Nazi atrocities remains one of the great controversies of our time. History has accused wartime pontiff Pius the Twelfth of complicity in the Holocaust and dubbed him Hitler's Pope. But a key part of the story has remained untold.Pope Pius in fact ran the world's largest church, smallest state, and oldest spy service. Saintly but secretive, he sent birthday cards to Hitler -- while secretly plotting to kill him. He skimmed from church charities to pay covert couriers, and surreptitiously tape-recorded his meetings with top Nazis. Under his leadership the Vatican spy ring actively plotted against the Third Reich.Told with heart-pounding suspense and drawing