The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War (2015) is a book by Canadian historian Jacques Kornberg which examines Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust, a controversial topic. Kornberg is moderately critical of the pope, especially for the lack of public statements of Pope Pius XII on the Holocaust. According to Kornberg, the pope's priority was keeping Nazi-sympathizing Catholics in the fold and maintaining his influence in Catholic countries. The book received mostly positive reviews in academic publications.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

First edition
(publ. University of Toronto Press)

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  1. ^ Ruff, Mark Edward (24 December 2016). "The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War". Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 30 (3): 556–558. doi:10.1093/hgs/dcw071.
  2. ^ Kent, Peter C. (2016). "The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War by Jacques Kornberg". The Catholic Historical Review. 102 (4): 857–859. doi:10.1353/cat.2016.0237. S2CID 159889752.
  3. ^ Gribble, Richard (2 April 2017). "The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War by Jacques Kornberg (review)". Canadian Journal of History. 52 (1): 193–194. doi:10.3138/cjh.ach.52.1.rev44. ISSN 2292-8502. S2CID 149322218.
  4. ^ Di Stefano, Andrea (16 March 2017). "The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War. By Jacques Kornberg". Journal of Church and State. doi:10.1093/jcs/csx004.
  5. ^ Kertzer, David I. (1 August 2016). "Jacques Kornberg. The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War". Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations. 11 (1). doi:10.6017/scjr.v11i1.9473.
  6. ^ Domenico, Roy (February 2018). "Jacques Kornberg. The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War". The American Historical Review. 123 (1): 313–314. doi:10.1093/ahr/123.1.313.
  7. ^ Cucchiara, Martina (1 June 2018). "The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War. By Jacques Kornberg. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. 424 pp. $37.95 paper". Church History. 87 (1): 297–299. doi:10.1017/S0009640718000665. S2CID 159684445.