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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Riebling, Mark.

  Church of spies: the Pope’s secret war against Hitler / Mark Riebling.

      pages cm

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  ISBN 978-0-465-06155-6 (e-book)  1.  Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958. 2.  Catholic Church—Foreign relations—Germany. 3.  Germany—Foreign relations—Catholic Church. 4.  World War, 1939–1945—Vatican City. 5.  World War, 1939–1945—Religious aspects—Catholic Church. 6.  Anti-Nazi movement—Vatican City.  I. Title.

  BX1378.R54 2015

  282.09'044--dc23

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