Word: pius
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...priest, made him the first U. S. Roman Catholic bishop ever consecrated in St. Peter's Basilica. The bishop was Most Rev. Francis Joseph Spellman, whom the Pope had appointed Auxiliary to William Henry Cardinal O'Connell of Boston. This week Eugenio Pacelli, now Pope Pius XII, appointed Bishop Spellman to be Archbishop of the 1,000,000-odd Catholics of the see of New York, vacant since last September...
...because of all these things, Vittorio Emmanuele III has several times been rumored on the point of abdication. Last week correspondents learned that when the mild little King heard of Premier Mussolini's plans to invade Albania, he sent Crown Prince Umberto to call on His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, not once but twice. One interview lasted 45 minutes. Its burden: Rome and Berlin having been politically hyphenated while the King was on the throne, there was nothing he personally could do about splitting the combination; but perhaps if he abdicated in favor of his son, Italy might stand...
Catholics gasped, then jumped on Mr. Howard. Last week, in another issue of Progress, he explained himself: he had been shocked because Rochester Catholics played Bingo the night after Pope Pius XI died. "Time and Bingo waits for no Pope at St. Margaret Mary Church. On with Bingo, while in Rome they reverently close the eyes of the 'Pope of Peace.' ... [I] quoted what was said . . . BEFORE the election of the new Pontiff. The reflection was not on the new Pope, beloved by all, but on the Catholic churches of Rochester in general, and upon St. Margaret Mary...
Like his predecessor Pius XI, Pope Pius XII is called "Pope of Peace" by his admirers. Published last week was a quick job of biography of the new Pope, Pius XII, Pope of Peace, † which made out no case for giving him, any more than Pius XI, such a special designation. Last week the Holy Father spent his first Holy Week in office, a week made notable by the fact that his neighbor Benito Mussolini chose Good Friday to invade Albania. On Easter Sunday Pius XII made a radio address to the world: "There can be no peace...
...death in 1938 of Patrick Cardinal Hayes left the Roman Catholic Church in the U. S. with only three Cardinals. Many a U. S. Catholic hopes that Pope Pius XII will create...