Word: pius
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Looking on and loving it were: plump, pleasant Archbishop Francis Joseph Spellman of New York; bland, swart Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Pius XII's Apostolic Delegate to the U. S. They were glad to see priests adept at quick comebacks. Said Delegate Cicognani: "The apostles preached in this way. . . . It was in the streets that Our Lord met those who were in bad need...
...seasoned broadcaster himself, Pope Pius XII received Rome's radio announcers, admonished them sagely and piously: "You have a powerful voice which reaches the four corners of the world. Let us hope that voice will always speak words of truth, enlightenment and love." Refereeing his first labor fight (by court appointment as an arbitrator), Jack Dempsey, ex-heavyweight champion and Manhattan restaurateur, gave 27 office workers a 10% pay raise, a 40-hour week, time-and-a-half overtime, a modified closed shop...
...with Spain, Catholic liberals have been disinclined to blame all Catholicism's trouble in Mexico on leftist politicians. For more than 300 years after Cortes conquered Mexico, the Church had enormous wealth and influence, did not always use them spiritually. In his 1937 encyclical to Mexico Pope Pius XI put his finger on one trouble when he wrote that its clergy needed "sanctification," urged the necessity for an efficient priesthood. To Mexican Catholics the Pope gave sound advice: "Be good to the poor, to workers, to Indians; promote application of the principles of justice and charity; eliminate abuses...
Along the marble walls of vast, echoing St. Peter's, Rome, Vatican engineers last week strung the wires for 40 loudspeakers, so that the 40,000 Catholic faithful who jam the Pope's basilica on high festivals may hear his voice. Pius XII will first use the new system on Nov. 24, when he will say a special Mass for peace, to be followed by a world-wide broadcast...
...Rome bureau head, Salvatore Cortesi, as a joke gave the name of Pope Pius X to AP's treasurer as a business reference. His Holiness duly received a letter asking for information, told Cortesi he would give him a good character...