Anticommunism and Détente: Cardinal Mindszenty in the USA, 1973/74
When Cardinal József Mindszenty, since 1945 head of the Catholic Church of Hungary, returned for a visit to the United States in 1973, the world had changed dramatically since his first visit in 1947. After his arrest and show trial in Stalinist Hungary, he had become a symbol of heroic anti-Communi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2021
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The catholic historical review
Year: 2021, Volume: 107, Issue: 2, Pages: 226-252 |
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Mindszenty, József 1892-1975
/ Hungary
/ USA
/ Catholic church
/ Anti-communism
/ History 1945-1974
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBK Europe (East) KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Hungarian Americans
B Anti-communism B anti-liberalism B Détente B U.S. Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | When Cardinal József Mindszenty, since 1945 head of the Catholic Church of Hungary, returned for a visit to the United States in 1973, the world had changed dramatically since his first visit in 1947. After his arrest and show trial in Stalinist Hungary, he had become a symbol of heroic anti-Communist resistance during the Cold War. Through negotiations with the U.S. administration and the Vatican in the wider context of Détente and “Vatican Ostpolitik,” the negative image of Communist Hungary had changed while Cardinal Mindszenty now seemed to have become a person of the past. These changes had a major impact on how the US government, the Vatican, and American-Hungarians interpreted Mindszenty’s visits in 1973 and 1974. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2021.0012 |