Word: pontiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sixty-five is the usual number, for that permits a new Pope the traditional satisfaction of creating several Cardinals of his own choosing without exceeding the plenum of 70. In short, there is a clamor, mild and respectful but persistent, from the ends of the earth that the Supreme Pontiff increase the number of his Senate to at least...
...duties of a Christian wife and mother. After the nuptials, His Holiness delivered an address, in which he deplored modern laxity in customs and dress. The newly married pair and a few special guests were then invited to a family luncheon with His Holiness, at which the Pontiff sat at a separate table elevated above the rest of the party. The menu included galatine of pheasant, cakes with the papal colors, and Capri wine, both red and white, marsala, champagne and liqueurs...
...held the strings, will open the season on the evening of Nov. 1. Rosa Ponselle will be the lovely Vestal to abandon the sacred fire for an earthly lover; Tenor Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, the Warrior who dares to violate the sanctity of the Temple; Basso Ezio Pinza the Pontiff Maximus brought by the infuriated mob to condemn the guilty priestess to a living death. He will strip her of her white robe, leave it on the altar and cover her with a black one, blacker than any sin. Margarete Matzenauer will be the Goddess Vesta, she who sends her lightning...
...downtown in Manhattan. He had studied "mauve decade" press-agentry and labored long to achieve restraint amid the many "priceless" opportunities that flew to mind. The Mercury's readers had nodded approval-but that was all, having come to expect the ultrasmart from that kraut-liveried lay pontiff. But the Mailbag saw, and through it, others. A few cheers went up for the masterpiece of the month in advertising...
...full text of the encyclical letter of His Holiness, Pius XI, announcing to his "venerable brothers" the celebration of the hepta-centenary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, who talked with birds, who received upon his body the stigmata of the Wounds of Christ. The reigning pontiff: . . . Since our immediate predecessor has assigned this saint, who was sent by Divine Providence for the reformation not only of the turbulent age in which he lived, but ot Christian society of all times, to Catholic organizations engaged in social activities as their patron, it is only right that our children...