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Given that they clearly did not have the church on their side, isn't that a massive conflict ? Also the wikipedia page states that because of the German (pre-n

by waps 12y ago

Given that they clearly did not have the church on their side, isn't that a massive conflict ? Also the wikipedia page states that because of the German (pre-nazi) agreement with the vatican that was seen as lending legitimacy to the nazi government, this rebuke by the pope was seen as a great step forward for German catholics, lending legitimacy to an already existing opposition amonst catholics which was then publicly and violently suppressed ... I'd be interested in hearing more.

DCKing 12y ago
The timespan between the original Reichskonkordat and this letter was six years. It appeared the Nazi regime did not respect the Vatican, and it became apparent soon that their agreement wasn't going to be upheld as expected by the Nazis. In addition, the differences between Nazism and contemporary fascism (which the Church was mostly supportive of) became more apparent over time and drew some criticism as well.