Popes And Politics: Reform, Resentment, And The Holocaust

In the last three decades, scores of books have been published on the role of the Vatican in the modern world. Popes and Politics shows that many recent authors, whether devoted or antagonistic to the papacy, have been guilty of factual disstortions and biased interpretations that lead to a flawed picture of the church and its relation to contemporary society. >

Justus George Lawler has been the editor of five publishing imprints and of four journals; he has taught at St. John’s University and St. Mary’s University in Minnesota, and Loyola University and Xavier University in Chicago. He is author/ editor of more than a score of books on religious-cultural issues.