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Temporal Sovereign, Three years ago the Lateran Treaties officially put an end to strife between Vatican and Quirinal. Soon King Vittorio Emanuele and Queen Elena visited the Pope. But there were points of difference. Not until Italy's Duce visited the Vatican, last week, were they regarded as settled...
Benito Mussolini put on his gold embroidered frock coat, sword, trousers with gold stripes, decorations, hat like an admiral's only much gayer. It was an Italian holiday, newly named Lateran Treaty Day. Crowds thronged the Tiber's banks. Honored _ guests at the Vatican included Camilla Ratti, sister and nearest relative to the Pope, and Marchesa Maria Luisa Persichetti-Ugolini, the Pope's favorite niece, who named her daughter Maria Rio Pia in her uncle's honor. Bustling about was Monsignor Camillo Caccia-Dominioni, Master of the Papal Household, favorite secretary of Pius XI. Plump, jolly, much-loved...
Since the conclusion of the Lateran Treaty in 1929 all obstacles have been removed to the creation of this most ancient, most honored office. Victor Emmanuel III would not increase his territory or his power by the assumption of the Imperial title, it would yield only an added lustre to the House of Piedmont and an increased brilliance to the coronation ceremonies. For these reasons it is impossible for Mussolini to take issue with idea. It is therefore expected that in the near future the Eternal City which has seen so many of the undulations of history may well become...
...Although issued in 1931 the coins are dated 1929 to commemorate the signing of the Lateran Treaties (TIME...
...large sums to the Congregation for the Propagation of Faith (missionary propaganda) and spurred it to its work among the peoples. He, his Secretary of State, his legates and his nuncios dealt with rulers. His outstanding work in this respect was his settlement of the Roman Question by the Lateran Treaties of 1929, and the establishment of Vatican City as an independent sovereignty...