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...audience that assembled in the Vatican's gold-ceilinged Consistory Hall one morning last week included no cardinals, bishops or diplomats. When Pius XII entered, 203 children from 17 nations gaily waved wands of lilies...
Outside in St. Peter's Square a crowd of 30,000 assembled for Pius XII's birthday blessings, shouting "Viva il Papa!" and "Auguri!" (best wishes). There were presents, too, fit for a Pope: a volume chronicling the Pontiff's achievements in chapters titled "The Pope as Writer," "The Pope as Jurist," "The Pope of the Virgin Mary" (by Thomas Merton), "The Pope's Works for Peace," etc.; another book dedicated to him by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences titled Galileo, Unjustly Condemned; a Steuben glass cup from U.S. Cardinal Spellman...
...there will be outdoor ceremonies for some 80,000 representatives of Catholic Action and other groups. As an extra tribute to the Pope, who has done so much to bring his church to the workingman, the cornerstone will be laid for a new church in Rome, dedicated to honor Pius' 80th birthday. The name Pius chose for the church: Gesu Lavoratore (Jesus the Worker...
...Order of the British Empire, Luxembourg's Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau, Belgium's Order of Leopold, France's Legion of Honor, Italy's Order of Merit, the Vatican's Order of Pius IX, Spain's Order of Isabella the Catholic, Portugal's Order of the Tower and Sword...
...Pope Pius XII granted one audience last week that was not listed in Osservatore Romano, and from which the Vatican's photographer was barred. The visitor was Germany's leading Protestant prelate, stern, spike-bearded Bishop Otto Dibelius of the Evangelical Church...