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Because of the war, Pope Pius XII last week let it be known he would not celebrate the usual elaborate Easter Mass in St. Peter's, ending with a blessing urbi et orbi, "to the city and the world." To 3,000 pilgrims the Holy Father expressed his hope "that the nations in conflict today may as soon as possible sheathe their swords and attain a sure peace based on justice...
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...used to the misinformation regarding our problems, economic as well as political which seems to be a peculiar feature of many publications in this country (TIME included), that we cannot be unduly surprised at the odd and confused mixture of facts and misstatements with which TIME reports urbi et orbi (Dec. 4) the results of the general elections in Cuba for delegates to the Constituent Assembly which is to draft a new Cuban Constitution...
...balcony of St. Peter's, as twilight turned to darkness, stepped a tall, lean, greying man in white, wearing an ermine-bordered red cape. Pope Pius XII -whose 63rd birthday it was-raised his hand in the gesture of a blessing urbi et orbi, "to the city and the world...
...other European princes, and delegations led by Alfred Ildefonse Cardinal Schuster of Milan and Augusto Cardinal Hlond of Poland. Rain pelted down during the canonization but the sun appeared afterward as the Holy Father mounted the balcony facing St. Peter's square, gave his blessing urbi et orbi to Rome and the world...