Edited by Marshall J. Breger and Herbert R. Reginbogin
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The essays in this book cover a fast-paced 150 years of Vatican diplomacy, starting from the fall of the Papal States in 1870 to the present day. They trace the transformation of the Vatican from a state like any other to an entity uniquely providing spiritual and moral sustenance in world affairs. In particular, the book details the Holy See’s use of neutrality as a tool and the principal statecraft in its diplomatic portmanteau. This concept of “permanent neutrality,” as codified in the Lateran Treaties of 1929, is a central concept adding to the Vatican's uniqueness and, as a result, the analysis of its policies does not easily fit within standard international relations or foreign policy scholarship. These essays consider in detail the Vatican’s history with “permanent neutrality” and its application in diplomacy toward delicate situations as, for instance, vis a vis Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Imperial Japan, but also in the international relations of the Cold War in debates about nuclear non-proliferation, or outreach toward the third world, including Cuba and Venezuela. The book also considers the ineluctable tension between pastoral teachings and realpolitik, as the church faces a reckoning with its history.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction, Marshall J. Breger and Herbert Reginbogin
FROM THE PAPAL STATES TO THE VATICAN: 1870–1929
Chapter 1 - The Holy See and Neutrality: Vatican Diplomacy 1870-1929, John F. Pollard
Chapter 2 - The Holy See and Neutrality in the Aftermath of World War I: The Consequences of the Treaty of Versailles and Other Peace Treaties, Kurt Martens
Chapter 3 - The Lateran Treaty and the Hermeneutics of the Holy See Neutrality, Maria d’Airenzo
THE LONG SECOND WORLD WAR 1931-1945
Chapter 4 - Neutrality to the Test: The Vatican and the Fascist Wars of the Thirties, Lucia Ceci
Chapter 5 - Vatican Diplomacy and Church Realities in the Philippines during World War II, Pascal Lottaz
Chapter 6 - Pope Pius XII, Vatican Neutrality, and the Holocaust: Case Studies from the Newly Opened Vatican Archives, Suzanne Brown-Fleming
INTO THE COLD: 1950–1990
Chapter 7 - No Neutrality in Ideology: The Holy See and the Cold War, Piotr H. Kosicki
Chapter 8 - The Holy See’s Efforts to Secure the Departure of Cardinal Mindszenty: Diplomacy in a Cold War Context, Arpad von Klimo and Margit Balogh
POST-COLD WAR: 1990–2020
Chapter 9 - The Liminal Papacy of Pope Francis and a New Context for Vatican Neutrality and Sovereignty, Massimo Faggioli
Chapter 10 - Neutrality as an Aid to Holy See Diplomacy: Iraq and Syria, 1991-2011, Luke Cahill
Chapter 11 - The Church and the Bomb: Holy See Diplomacy and Nuclear Weapons, Maryann Cusimano Love
Chapter 12 - Vatican's / Holy See's Approach to Nonproliferation: The US and Japan, Saho Matsumoto
Chapter 13 - Power and Spirituality: The Collision of Canon and International Law, Herbert Reginbogin
Index
About the Contributors
Introduction, Marshall J. Breger and Herbert Reginbogin
FROM THE PAPAL STATES TO THE VATICAN: 1870–1929
Chapter 1 - The Holy See and Neutrality: Vatican Diplomacy 1870-1929, John F. Pollard
Chapter 2 - The Holy See and Neutrality in the Aftermath of World War I: The Consequences of the Treaty of Versailles and Other Peace Treaties, Kurt Martens
Chapter 3 - The Lateran Treaty and the Hermeneutics of the Holy See Neutrality, Maria d’Airenzo
THE LONG SECOND WORLD WAR 1931-1945
Chapter 4 - Neutrality to the Test: The Vatican and the Fascist Wars of the Thirties, Lucia Ceci
Chapter 5 - Vatican Diplomacy and Church Realities in the Philippines during World War II, Pascal Lottaz
Chapter 6 - Pope Pius XII, Vatican Neutrality, and the Holocaust: Case Studies from the Newly Opened Vatican Archives, Suzanne Brown-Fleming
INTO THE COLD: 1950–1990
Chapter 7 - No Neutrality in Ideology: The Holy See and the Cold War, Piotr H. Kosicki
Chapter 8 - The Holy See’s Efforts to Secure the Departure of Cardinal Mindszenty: Diplomacy in a Cold War Context, Arpad von Klimo and Margit Balogh
POST-COLD WAR: 1990–2020
Chapter 9 - The Liminal Papacy of Pope Francis and a New Context for Vatican Neutrality and Sovereignty, Massimo Faggioli
Chapter 10 - Neutrality as an Aid to Holy See Diplomacy: Iraq and Syria, 1991-2011, Luke Cahill
Chapter 11 - The Church and the Bomb: Holy See Diplomacy and Nuclear Weapons, Maryann Cusimano Love
Chapter 12 - Vatican's / Holy See's Approach to Nonproliferation: The US and Japan, Saho Matsumoto
Chapter 13 - Power and Spirituality: The Collision of Canon and International Law, Herbert Reginbogin
Index
About the Contributors
