Word: popes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Whoever wrote the story of Pope Pius' death (TIME, Feb. 20) has fathered a moving piece of writing. If the next Pope is seen to compromise with totalitarianism, the deathbed scene of Pius XI will indeed seem to be taken from a new Götterdämmerung ; starring the vestiges of freedom still clinging to Europe...
...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...
...privately" in autumn, 1936. The late Mrs. Nicholas Brady (later Macaulay) was his hostess at Manhasset, L. I. He lunched with the Roosevelts at Hyde Park, addressed the National Press Club in Washington, went to Philadelphia and Boston, toured by air as far west as San Francisco. First Pope in history to have personal knowledge of the U. S., Pius XII has cousins in Flushing and Jordan...
Germany, having plumped hard for a "nonpolitical" Pope, was rewarded with a man who was not only potentially the most political of all the Cardinals, but also one who, as Papal Nuncio to Germany from 1920 to 1929, knows plenty about specifically German politics. The German press was as flat and as quiet as a Cardinal's hat over the choice. The official Italian press, having urged an Italian Pope, was politely thankful. In Britain, France, the U. S. and many another libertarian State, there was universal joy that the man who had helped shape the brave, humane policies...
Professor Nock concluded, "I've never had the good fortune to meet the new Pope. However, I did see him once from the window of a train. He impressed me as one of the finest looking men I have ever seen; his face is like chiseled bronze. In the execution of his papal duties, one of his greatest aids will be his find physical condition...