Word: pacelli
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...ultimately it is the Pope who decides whether to sign the decree. And though his papacy can sometimes seem by-the-book, certain Benedict decisions must be mined for personal motivations. Joseph Ratzinger was a devout 12-year-old in the heavily Catholic region of Bavaria when Eugenio Pacelli became Pope in 1939. Through his early years as priest and theologian, Ratzinger remained devoted to Pius until the pontiff's death in 1958. A Vatican insider once described Benedict's memory to this particular predecessor this way: "Pius is really his Pope." (See how Pius XII was perceived during...
...German of that era may, in fact, have been part of what drove Benedict to ultimately declare Pius venerable, and on the road to sainthood. What if the archives didn't resolve the issue for historians? What if the next Pope doesn't have the personal memories of Pacelli? Benedict may have felt he needed to act to ensure that the record showed that his Pope was a man of saintly virtues. In other discourses, notably one delivered on a 2006 trip to Auschwitz, Benedict has spoken about how Catholics and Germans of good faith - like himself - were also victims...
...historians have stepped up debate over the Vatican's actions before and during the war. Pius' defenders say that speaking out more would have made matters worse for Jews, while critics say he was too cautious, at best. Before becoming Pope, Pius, then known by his birth name, Eugenio Pacelli, served as both the Vatican envoy to Nazi Germany and later as the Vatican's secretary of state. Indeed, even while Benedict and most of the church hierarchy stand firmly behind Pius, Italian Jesuit scholars say they have recently turned up documents showing that Pacelli's secretary of state office...
...that New Haven-wide curse. FM, to gauge the reaction of our less-than-better halves, bravely picked up the phone to see how the Yalies are going to cope. “I mean, it’s embarrassing,” says Yale senior Peter J. Pacelli. “I think it’s consistent with the attitude that Harvard is where fun goes to die.” Pacelli, a fraternity president, says that he might get liquored up at Yale, and then drive up in “some kind of party...
...many students camp out in Lamont, others have opted to relieve their stress through yoga with Gene Pacelli at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC). The 64-year-old yoga instructor stood in front of his 25-person class, balancing on one leg with his hands clasped together as if he were praying. “Whatever it is you’re holding on to, let go of everything less than happiness,” Pacelli says. “I had an exam on Friday, so I had to go to yoga Thursday,” says Anna Reinert...