Books: New and noteworthy
Jocelyn McClurg, USA TODAY6a.m. EDT March 17, 2013
New history examines Pope Pius XI’s crusade against Nazis
3. The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler by Peter Eisner (William Morrow, non-fiction, on sale March 19)
What it’s about: Tells the story of American Jesuit John LaFarge, enlisted by Pius XI (who died in 1939) to draft a declaration condemning Nazism and anti-Semitism.
The buzz: Popes – and Jesuits, for that matter – are very much in the news these days.
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The Pope's Last Crusade 