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Of Sovereigns, temporal or spiritual, the Pope is the least frequent borrower of money. His finances, like his spiritual power, are immeasurable,occult-defying the statistical art. They are also ancient. Aaron of Lincoln, twelfth Century genius of Jewish finance in England, is credited with the initiation of large scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Papal Borrowing | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

* Despite its context, this word was not, as many of Billy Sunday's listeners no doubt imagined, a malaprop description of St. Louis vice. Nor was "bloody" used in its colloquial connotation. The new testament promulgates the theory that one person may atone for the sins of another; even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Month of Sunday | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

Thence the Amir was obliged to move to the Grand Hotel. Reason: He wished to call upon "The Prisoner of the Vatican," and no caller is received who comes directly from official premises of the Italian State, the hypothetical "jailer" of His Holiness. Amir Amanullah, although a Mohammedan, accepted amid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Peace of God | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

If this nickel's worth would have revolted His Holiness, what must have been his bedazzlement upon receiving, last week, mail addressed to him from Russia. In this he found an official communication from the Government at Moscow, which stated that he, Pope Pius XI, had been condemned to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Pope at Rome | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

On this occasion His Holiness referred with special affection to Cardinal Szeredy, calling him the "Benjamin" of the Sacred College of Cardinals. That was because Cardinal Szeredy, 43, is the youngest member of the Sacred College.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Red Hats | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

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