Summary 7 - Resistance by the Catholic Church

Question 1

Give an example of how the Catholic Church tried to compromise with the regime?

Answer 1

Concordat 1933

Question 2

When did the Pope have a pamphlet circulated in Germany that condemned the Nazi treatment of the Church?

Answer 2

In 1937

Question 3

How did the Nazis respond to the circulation of the Pope’s pamphlet in Germany in 1937 which criticised the regimes treatment of the Church?

Answer 3

The Nazis further repressed the Catholic Church.

Question 4

How widespread was the resistance from the Catholic Church to the regime?

Answer 4

There were individual brave critics of the regime but like the Protestant Church, the Catholic Church never widely opposed the regime.

Question 5

Give an example of a critic of the regime from within the Catholic Church?

Answer 5

Bishop Galen