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Concordat

Concordat

Concordat
Eugenio Pacelli (the future Pius XII) as the Papal foreign secretary to Pius XI negotiated and signed a Concordat with Austria in June 1933 and a Concordat with the Nazi regime of Germany in July 1933, effectively silencing any Catholic opposition to the racist and aggressive policies of the German chancellor, Adolf Hitler.

1985

Oil on Board 88 X 81 cms