The Popes Against the Protestants
The Vatican and Evangelical Christianity in Fascist Italy

An astonishing but not very surprising account of another very malevolent attempt by the Vatican to use its influence with the fascist regime of Mussolini in order to strike at the Protestant presence on the Italian Peninsula especially throughout the years leading to WWII. Brilliantly researched, th......more

Well this is a difficult one for me to review so first I will say why I have given it 5 stars. The amount of research that has gone into it is vast and a credit to Kevin Madigan the author, the size of appendix says all that needs to be said about the detail. A lot of work and time has gone into thi......more

This was a good read with a lot of information in it. The impressive amount of detail and research is great, but at times it seemed to lose the narrative in the details. I was alternately astonished by the churches choice to attack the protestants rather than address some of the issues that lead to......more

Dr. Madigan after teaching at the Harvard Divinity School for over twenty years has written a very interesting book about a long-running subject, the schism of the Protestant and Catholic Christian denominations. Both movements in today's world may seem like a relic of the historical past politicall......more

I was really interested in this book as my mother was born in the Italian Waldesian Valleys in the 30s and I remember what she used to tell about her Waldesian friends. It's a well researched and balanced book, I learned a lot and liked the style of writing. Highly recommended. Many thanks to the publi......more