Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933-1945 (The World of the Roosevelts)

In this collection of essays, leading scholars analyze the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America. With the nation mired in economic depression and the threat of war looming across the Atlantic, in 1932 Catholics had to weigh political allegiance versus religious affiliation. Many chose party over religion, electing FDR, a Protestant. This book, a complex blend of religion and politics with the added ingredients of economics and war, grew out of an international conference in 1998 held at the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, New York. From the multiplicity of Catholic responses to the New Deal, through FDR’s diplomatic relationship with the Vatican during World War II, and on to the response of the US and the Vatican to the Holocaust, this book expands our understanding of a fascinating and largely unexplored aspect of FDR’s presidency. From The Multiplicity Of Catholic Responses To The New Deal, Through Fdr's Diplomatic Relationship With The Vatican During World War Ii, And On To The Response Of The United States And The Vatican To The Holocaust, This Book Expands Our Understanding Of A Largely Unexplored Aspect Of Fdr's Presidency. These Essays Engage A Complex Blend Of Religion And Politics, With The Added Ingredients Of Economics And War. This Diverse, Insightful Collection Promises An Intellectual Feast For Those With An Interest In The Complicated Political And Social Dynamics Of America During The Roosevelt Era.--jacket. Franklin D. Roosevelt And American Catholics -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Protestant Patrician In A Catholic Party / Michael Barone -- Roosevelt And The American Catholic Hierarchy / Gerald P. Fogarty, S.j. -- Catholic Friends/catholic Foes: The New Deal And American Catholicism -- John A. Ryan, The New Deal, And Catholic Understandings Of A Culture Of Abundance / Anthony Burke Smith -- Al And Frank: The Great Smith-roosevelt Feud / Robert A. Slayton -- California Catholics And The Gubernatorial Election Of 1934 / Steven M. Avella -- The Practical Personalism Of The Catholic Worker And The Pragmatic Policies Of The New Deal / Francis Sicius -- Father Francis E. Lucey And President Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Neo-scholastic Legal Scholar's Ambivalent Reaction To The New Deal / Ajay K. Mehrotra -- Religious Liberty In American Foreign Policy, 1933-41: Aspects Of Public Argument Between Fdr And American Roman Catholics / Philip Chen -- Searching For A New World Order: Fdr, The Vatican, And World War Ii -- Pope Pius Xii And The Myron Taylor Mission: The Vatican And American Wartime Diplomacy / John S. Conway -- Catholics, Jews, And The Bombardment Of Rome: The Priorities Of Pius Xii During World War Ii / Michael Phayer -- Toward The Reconstitution Of Christian Europe: The War Aims Of The Papacy, 1938-45 / Peter C. Kent -- Diplomacy's Detractors: American Protestant Reaction To Fdr's Personal Representative At The Vatican / Michael H. Carter -- The Department Of State And The Apostolic Delegation In Washington During World War Ii / Robert Trisco. Edited By David B. Woolner And Richard G. Kurial. Proceedings Of A Conference Held In Oct. 1998 In Hyde Park, N.y. Includes Bibliographical References And Idex. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Foreword......Page 12 Part 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Catholics......Page 20 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Protestant Patrician in a Catholic Party......Page 22 2 Roosevelt and the American Catholic Hierarchy......Page 30 Part 2 Catholic Friends/Catholic Foes: The New Deal and American Catholicism......Page 64 3 John A. Ryan, the New Deal, and Catholic Understandings of a Culture of Abundance......Page 66 4 Al and Frank: The Great Smith–Roosevelt Feud......Page 74 5 California Catholics and the Gubernatorial Election of 1934......Page 86 6 The Practical Personalism of the Catholic Worker and the Pragmatic Policies of the New Deal......Page 112 7 Father Francis E. Lucey and President Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Neo-Scholastic Legal Scholar’s Ambivalent Reaction to the New Deal......Page 124 8 Religious Liberty in American Foreign Policy, 1933–41: Aspects of Public Argument Between FDR and American Roman Catholics......Page 140 Part 3 Searching for a New World Order: FDR, the Vatican, and World War II......Page 160 9 Pope Pius XII and the Myron Taylor Mission: The Vatican and American Wartime Diplomacy......Page 162 10 Catholics, Jews, and the Bombardment of Rome: The Priorities of Pius XII During World War II......Page 172 11 Toward the Reconstitution of Christian Europe: The War Aims of the Papacy, 1938–45......Page 182 12 Diplomacy’s Detractors: American Protestant Reaction to FDR’s “Personal Representative” at the Vatican......Page 198 13 The Department of State and the Apostolic Delegation in Washington during World War II......Page 228 14 A Few Bits of Information: American Intelligence and the Vatican, 1939–45......Page 272 15 A Peculiar Brand of Patriotism: The Holy See, FDR, and the Case of Reverend Charles E. Coughlin......Page 288 Part 4 Reflections on the Shoah......Page 298 16 The Purpose of the Document, We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah......Page 300 List of Contributors......Page 306 C......Page 308 F......Page 309 L......Page 310 P......Page 311 S......Page 312 W......Page 313 Z......Page 314 In this collection of essays, scholars analyse the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America. American Catholics had long been a crucial voting bloc in the United States, particularly in the Democratic Party. With the nation mired in economic depression and the threat of war looming across the Atlantic, in 1932 Catholics had to weigh, perhaps more seriously than ever before, political allegiance versus religious affiliation. Many chose party over religion, electing Frankiln D. Roosevelt, a Protestant. This volume, which grew out of an international conference in 1998 held at the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, New York. From the multiplicity of Catholic responses to the New Deal, through Roosevelt's diplomatic relationship with the Vatican during World War II, and on to the response of the United States and the Vatican to the Holocaust, this book expands our understanding of a fascinating and largely unexplored aspect of Roosevelt's presidency.