Cardinal Mindszenty

“Readable, stirring, and significant”—George N. Shuster, Saturday Review

“To read this human story of a strong but simple man—Cardinal Mindszenty—is to be inspired to love better your God, your country and your fellowman, for it is a stirring story of faith and charity, of tolerance, loyalty and friendship.”—Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York

József Cardinal Mindszenty (1892-1975) was the Prince Primate, Archbishop of Esztergom, cardinal, and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary (1945-1973) who was imprisoned by the pro-Nazi Arrow Cross Party during World War II and after the war, being a strong opponent of communism and the communist persecution in his country, was tortured and given a life sentence in a 1949 show trial that generated worldwide condemnation.

Rather than a carefully written account of Cardinal Mindszenty’s career, here is an account of what the Cardinal heard and saw during the events which led up to the most sensational trial in Hungarian history…