Benoît XV | Yves Chiron

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Benedict XV

Yves Chiron

Collection : Biographies

Release date : 06/11/2014

The Pope of Peace

Benedict XV, of the prophetic name (Giacomo Della Chiesa), became pope at a crucial moment of history, on September 3rd, 1914. Universally praised at his death in 1922, he was unjustifiably forgotten thereafter. During the Great War, his voice rose above the melée. Contrary to flourishing patriotic exaltations and battle... Benedict XV, of the prophetic name (Giacomo Della Chiesa), became pope at a crucial moment of history, on September 3rd, 1914. Universally praised at his death in 1922, he was unjustifiably forgotten thereafter. During the Great War, his voice rose above the melée. Contrary to flourishing patriotic exaltations and battle fervor, he alone called the conflict a «horrible slaughter that dishonors Europe”, “the suicide of civilized Europe”. Not content to simply deplore it, he did his best to stop it through humanitarian actions on behalf of the populations of both opposing camps. Most governments misread this impartiality: Clemenceau called him the «pape boche» (“Boche pope”), and German General Ludendorff referred to him as the “französisch Papst” (“French pope”). After the war, he had great plans marked by a vision of the long-term. He felt that the national minorities of Europe should not be humiliated, and he contended that the Armenians, to whom he had extended all assistance in his power during the genocide of 1915, deserved their own State. He supported local rather than imported culture for the mission countries, in line with his desire to see them eventually establish autonomous churches.
The author has closely examined many archival sources (in particular the secret Vatican archives and the French diplomatic archives) and refers extensively to the diary of Carlo Monti, an Italian civil servant and childhood friend of Benedict XV. Received at the Vatican on 175 occasions, after each audience Monti scrupulously noted the content of his conversations with the Pope.

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