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Preface ix Part I. Introduction 1. Catholic Tradition, Hierarchy, and the Politics of Coexistence Under Communism: An Introduction / Pedro Ramet 3 2. Catholic Social Teachings: A Brief History / Arthur F. McGovern, S.J. 28 Part II. Catholicism Under European Communism 3. The Catholic Church in the Soviet Union / Roman Solchanyk and Ivan Hvat 49 4. The Catholic Church in East Germany / Robert F. Goeckel 93 5. The Catholic Church in 1944-1989 Poland / Vincent C. Chrypinski 117 6. The Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia / Milan J. Reban 142 7. The Catholic Church in Hungary / Leslie Laszlo 156 8. The Catholic Church in Yugoslavia, 1945-1989 / Pedro Ramet 181 9. The Catholic Church in Romania / Janice Brown 207 10. The Catholic Church in Albania / Janice Brown 232 Part III. Catholic-Communist Encounters on Other Continents 11. The Catholic Church in China / Eric O. Hanson 253 12. The Catholic Church in Vietnam / Stephen Denney 270 13. The Catholic Church in Cuba / Thomas E. Quigley 296 14. The Catholic Church in Sandinista Nicaragua / Humerberto Belli 313 Part IV. Papal Policy 15. Papal Eastern Diplomacy and the Vatican Apparatus / Hansjakob Stehle 341 16. Karol Wajtyla and Marxism / George H. Williams 356 Notes 383 Index 441 Contributors 451

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