Drew University will welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Kertzer for the 2024 George and Alicia Karpati Lectureship. In a virtual event moderated by Drew University President Hilary L. Link, PhD on Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m., Kertzer will discuss his latest book, “The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler.”

The book chronicles Pope Pius XII’s actions as World War II expanded across Europe and the Nazis began exterminating millions of Jews. Kertzer reveals how the pope set aside moral leadership to preserve the church’s power. This ground-breaking work has been called “the most important book ever written about the Catholic Church and its conduct during World War II.”

This online event is free and open to the general public. Please register at drew.edu/kertzer.