Abstract
| caused by the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in October 1935 is its impact on the various Christian denominations. The Protestant denominations of Great Britain and North America, especially the Church of England, actively supported the League of Nations, wishing to punish Italy as an international law-breaker. At the same time, the bishops and clergy of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy opposed the League and actively supported the national war effort. The stance of Italian Catholics, however, did not reflect Catholic opinion in general; while Pope Pius XI and the officials of the Holy See sought to plot a course of benevolent neutrality through the crisis, Roman Catholics in Great Britain were forced to defend papal neutrality to Anglicans who had defined support for the League as the only moral option. This essay explores the reactions of the ecclesiastical authorities to the Abyssinian Crisis and, in particular, considers the varied responses of the Roman Catholic Church.
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