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...Received from Eugenic Cardinal Pacelli. Secretary of State of the Papal State, this message...
...Vagabond when a fellow spirit calls. Back in 1342 in Germany lived a great man. He masqueraded as a solemn monk, peering from beneath his cowl with an impish grin. He told ribald jokes before embarrased burgers and their daughters in the Church, Square. He put frogs in the Papal Legate's bed. But his escapades led to the scaffold and Till Eulenspeigel danced for the last time, with his feet off the ground longer than ever before. The Vagabond is often homesick for Till, and he will go to Sanders Theater at eight tonight to dream of Till...
Roman Nobles, Venerable and honorable is the association of the Papacy with Italian nobility. From five of Rome's greatest families?Borghese, Orsini, Odescalchi, Colonna, Rospigliosi?have come Popes. A prime social distinction in Rome during the late difficulties was between Blacks (papal supporters) and Whites (Quirinal adherents...
Spiritual Rule. On Lincoln's Birthday first Friday in Lent, U. S. Catholics fasted not, abstained not, but ate what they wished. They may also eat well on Washington's Birthday, for U. S. Ordinaries took advantage of papal permission, good for five years, to dispense U. S. flocks from fast or abstinence on civic holidays...
...First public visit to Vatican City was after the Lateran Treaties, to hand over a voucher worth $92.000.000 for loss of property and income during papal confinement...