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...This was the Syllabus in which the Pope said: "Si quis dixit: Romanus Pontifex potest ac debet cum progressu, cum liberalismo et cum recenti civilitate sese reconciliare et compere-anatema sit." ["Whoever says that the Roman Pontiff can or ought to come to terms with progress, liberalism or modern civilization-let him be accursed...
...into existence in 632 A. D. on the death of Mahammad, is the highest office of the Moslem religion. To some extent, although it cannot be compared to it, the Califate occupied the same position as the Vatican: The Calif (meaning successor, with to the Prophet understood) was the pontiff of Mahammadanism...
...Venice, the Vice Postulator of Beatification appeared before the Patriarch of Venice and cited 40 witnesses for the canonization of the late Pope Piux X. The parish priest of San Salvatore made depositions concerning miracles attributed to the late pontiff...
...receipt of the beautifully illuminated copy of the Resolution passed by the National Council of Catholic Women in the United States of America advocating the Cause of Beatification of the great and holy Pontiff Pius X. I am informed that you have addressed it to the Holy Father, as was suitable, but I am deeply grateful for your thought of me in this connection...
...Holiness received in audience Mgr. Antonio Guizar y Valencia, Bishop of Chihuahua, Mexico. The Pontiff expressed his great anxiety over the present situation in Mexico...