Word: pontiff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bishop Kearney, and Rev. Father Charles J. Bruton, who is quoted as boasting that he had cleaned up $65.000 as the share of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church from Bingo. Can we be surprised that suggestions have been received at this office from Rochester that the new Supreme Pontiff shall be called Pope Bingo...
...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's in particular, who bingoed while the world wept...
...Pontiff had received in audience the German Ambassador to the Vatican. He had also received the four German Cardinals in what was described as a "conference" rather than an audience. This gave the impression that Pius XII was seeking a rapprochement with Germany. Then the new Pope appointed his Secretary of State and the impression was overturned. His choice was a man distasteful to the Fascist nations: Luigi Cardinal Maglione...
Without, some 200,000 people packed St. Peter's Square, eager to see a Pope crowned in public for the first time since 1846 (before the Popes became "prisoners" in the Vatican). The people waited patiently while, within, Pius XII went through long rituals. At last the Pontiff appeared on St. Peter's balcony. The great moment arrived. Cardinal Deacon Caccia-Dominioni chanted "Accipe tiaram" (Receive the tiara). The crowd below saw the Cardinal lift the gem-studded, beehive-shaped triple crown of the papacy and place it on the head of its wearer. Then the multitude dropped...
...Eugenio Pacelli, newly His Holiness Pope Pius XII (see p. 36), the President cabled: "It is with true happiness that I learned of your selection as Supreme Pontiff. Recalling with pleasure our meeting on the occasion of your recent visit to the United States, I wish to take this occasion to send you a personal message of felicitation and good wishes. ROOSEVELT...