Word: papally
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Germany, having plumped hard for a "nonpolitical" Pope, was rewarded with a man who was not only potentially the most political of all the Cardinals, but also one who, as Papal Nuncio to Germany from 1920 to 1929, knows plenty about specifically German politics. The German press was as flat and as quiet as a Cardinal's hat over the choice. The official Italian press, having urged an Italian Pope, was politely thankful. In Britain, France, the U. S. and many another libertarian State, there was universal joy that the man who had helped shape the brave, humane policies...
...cried a dozen masters of ceremonies-"Everybody out!" The heavy bronze door of San Damaso creaked shut. Six keys clicked in its locks, three on the inside turned by the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, three on the outside by Prince-Marshal Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere. The papal flag was hauled down, the silken banner of the Chigi family hoisted in its stead. The conclave of 62 Princes of the Church, immured in the Sistine Chapel to elect the 262nd Pope, had begun...
Thus last week read an official Latin intimatio, delivered to the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church who had arrived in Rome for this week's papal election. This document concerning the conclave was without doubt the most noncommittal which the Lord Cardinals received during the weekend. So intense and so unprecedented was the pre-election pestering of the Princes that several of them, including Milan's Cardinal Schuster, went into retreats...
Pacelli's elevation to the papal throne will probably mean little or no change in the political policies of the Holy See. For in his capacity as chief papal diplomat, he had set the tenor of Church diplomacy for the last years of the life of Pope Pius XI. His election was fought by the Nazi government, but now that its influence has proved insufficient, the German government may resort to more stringent tactics in dealing with the Catholic Church. However, Pacelli had recognized the Franco regime over a year ago and thus has insured the Church's position...
...never had the good fortune to meet the new Pope. However, I did see him once from the window of a train. He impressed me as one of the finest looking men I have ever seen; his face is like chiseled bronze. In the execution of his papal duties, one of his greatest aids will be his find physical condition...