World War Two

Season 0, Episode 314

Episode Title: Mussolini’s Pope? - The Geopolitics of the Vatican - Vatican Series Part One

Air Date: 2022-06-14

Overview:

Pope Pius XI is the first Pope to guide the Catholic Church through the age of fascism. How has his Vatican responded to Fascists Italy and Nazi Germany, and what is the geopolitical position of the Papacy on the eve of war of World War Two?