Table of Contents

1: Gregory XVI
2: A Liberal Pope, 1846-1848
3: Catholic Power
4: The Making of Italy
5: The Need for a Council
6: The Prisoner of the Vatican
7: Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903)
8: Pope Pius X (1903-1914)
9: Nationality and Religion: Tyrol and Poland
10: Nationality and Religion: Spain
11: Nationality and Religion: Portugal
12: The Religious
13: Catholic Universities
14: The Idea of Reunion
15: Saints in the Modern World

About the Author

Owen Chadwick is Emeritus Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge

Reviews

An elegant and painless read. Catholic Herald Professor Chadwick writes with a sensitive empathy with the Roman Catholic mind. A well-organised index and a copious descriptive bibliography complete this magisterial and entertaining monograph. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol.52/3