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Nazism and Church: von Galen and Pius XII
The bishop of Münster, in Germany, the Count Clemens August von Galen (1878-1946), was defined «the Lion of Münster» because of the strength of his position against Hitler. But, even if he is a great figure of pastor, von Galen represents no more than the continuous and ordinary struggle of the Church against the national socialism; a strenuous resistance that has in Pius XII the greatest «defensor civitatis».
On 9 October 2005, Benedictus XVI proclaimed Blessed of the Church the bishop Clemens August von Galen.
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The letters of Pius XII to von Galen
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The Lion of Münster and Pius XII (Clemens August von Galen) - Stefania FALASCA
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BIBLIOGRAFY:
Luciano GARIBALDI, O la croce o la svastica. La vera storia dei rapporti tra la Chiesa e il nazismo, Lindau, Torino 2009.
Stefania FALASCA, Un vescovo contro Hitler. Von Galen, San Paolo, Cinisello Balsamo 2006.
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