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Spectacular as any Wall Street "success story" was the career of the amiable mountain-climbing librarian, Achille Ratti, who in three years (1919-22) became first Archbishop, then Cardinal, then Pope. Last week the Catholic world celebrated still another success story. Eugenio Pacelli, 53, one who was hatted Cardinal but two months ago succeeded to the highest office in Catholic statesmanship, became Papal Secretary of State...
Those wise in hierarchical ways were not surprised at the appointment of Cardinal Pacelli. Besides being the "most loved pupil" of Secretary-emeritus Gasparri, he can point to excellent Vatican connections. His father, Filippo, was Doyen of the consistorial advocates...
...brother Francesco was deeply concerned with the settlement of the Lateran Treaties. Through the hands of another brother Ernesto has passed most of the property purchased by the Holy See in recent years. Secretary Pacelli himself is a member of the Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles...
Said Vatican rumor: The new papal Secretary of State would be the newly elevated Eugene Cardinal Pacelli, formerly Papal Nuncio to Germany (TIME...
...hewn from a single log of deep red narra wood from the Philippines. Present at the signing were no guests, no newspapermen, no servants, and only two photographers who scuttled out as soon as they had snapped the awesome scene. The door was then locked and Papal Attorney Pacelli read solemnly the text of the Italo-Papal agreement which he was largely instrumental in negotiating...