Parallel empires : the Vatican and the United States--two centuries of alliance and conflict / Massimo Franco ; translated from the Italian by Roland Flamini.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Franco, Massimo.

Standardized Title:

• Imperi paralleli. English

Language:

• English
• Italian

Subjects (All):

• Catholic Church--Foreign relations--United States.
• Catholic Church.
• International relations.
• United States--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.
• United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2008]

Summary:

Italian journalist and Vatican insider Massimo Franco draws on unique access to the archives of the Holy See and a range of sources both in Washington, D.C. and Rome to chart the path of U.S.-Vatican relations, revealing the religious and political tensions that have shaped their dealings and our world. Starting with the Holy See's initial diplomatic overtures to the United States in the 1780's, Franco illuminates a 200-year-old history of alliances, mutual exploitation, and misperceptions. From the U.S. nativist anti-Catholicism of the 19th century, through JFK's election as America's first Catholic president and the Cold War anti-Communist partnership between the United States and the Holy See, to the establishment of full diplomatic relations in 1984, and up to the papacy of Benedict XVI, the story has never before been told quite like this.--From publisher description.

Contents:

• 1 Conclave on Air Force One 1
• 2 The Cardinal Who Hunted Heretics 6
• 3 President Washington, Pius VI Requests ... 20
• 4 Papal Blunders 33
• 5 Ghosts of the Ku Klux Klan 45
• 6 A Wartime Expediency 56
• 7 The Anticommunist Triangle 65
• 8 Kennedy's "Next Time" 75
• 9 An Almost Holy Alliance 86
• 10 The Woman from the FBI and the Pedophiles 101
• 11 The Empire of Right 112
• 12 Pacifism and Peace 124
• 13 Condoleezza and the Cardinal 135
• 14 The Broken Bridge to Islam 148
• 15 The Less Damaging President 165
• 16 Three Presidents in Saint Peter's Square 178
• Postscript: A Pope in the White House 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index.

ISBN:

• 9780385518932
• 0385518935

OCLC:

124074762