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Born Joseph Sarto, a poor man's son, Pope Pius X reigned as pontiff for eleven years, died in 1914. He was the hero of countless warmly human stories. One told how he got to Rome to be elected Pope. Having given away all his money to the poor of Venice, he applied to the Catholic banks for a travel loan, but was turned down as a poor risk. Finally a Jewish admirer lent him the money for the journey, but Cardinal-Patriarch Sarto was so certain he would not be elected Pope that he bought a round-trip...
Last week in Rome, the road was cleared for his beatification and eventual canonization: he was given the title of Venerable Joseph Sarto. Not since 1712 has a Pope been canonized.*A venerable may not be designated a saint until the church has approved and recognized at least two miracles. Last week documented records of Pius X's miracles, including two more from the U.S., were pouring into the Vatican...
...Wheeler '47, who recited three poems of William Butler Yeats; Albert Feldman '48, who gave James Russell Lowell's Oration on the 250th Anniversary of Harvard; James B. Hompe '50, who delivered an address by Samuel Adams on American Independence; David S. Nicholl '45, who recited Browning's "Andreadel Sarto"; and John J. Trudon III '51, who gave Winston Churchill's address to the French people of October...
...character references, requested when he joined A.P., he gave two names: "Giuseppe Sarto; occupation, Pope. Victor Emanuel; occupation, King...
...even in Poland, times change. Last week 22-year-old Andrew Potocki and his dark-haired bride of three months were caught loading the Potocki art collection (including a Madonna and Child and St. John by Andrea del Sarto) into trucks in the dead of night...