Word: vatican
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mother Superior sent two of her canvases to the Vatican. They were examined by connoisseurs and declared masterpieces...
...nameless nun whose painting caused a stir in the Vatican...
During the period of their stay Rome the British King and Queen were received with every mark of sincere respect and friendliness by Pope Pius XL The gorgeous ceremony of the Vatican visit can only be compared to the magnificence associated with the courts of medieval days. The Vatican announces that it attaches great importance to the visit, and, although the Pope refuses to divulge the subject of his half-hour conversation with King George, a high Vatican official said that the visit was regarded as " the beginning of a general reconciliation in the Church of Christ...
...this party. Its position is strong enough in Italy to make the unilateral Government now in power heed their own position. That is why Don Sturzo can freely attack the dictatorial policy of Mussolini. In view of the rumored understanding between the Fascisti, who are openly, and the Vatican, which is supposedly hostile to democratic and parliamentary methods of government, it is probable that Don Sturzo would not care at the moment to make a wholesale attack on Fascismo...
Dispatches from Italy announce that Don Lorenzo Perosi, head of the Vatican Choir, has been judged insane by the Italian courts, and has been placed in the custody of his brother. This is the culmination of series of extraordinary episodes, which, curiously have found little space in the American press. Perosi ranks as the world's foremost composer of ecclesiastical music. While a young priest, his oratorios and pieces of ritual music attracted the enthusiasm of the highest church dignitaries. He became the friend and protege of several successive popes, was elevated to the leadership of the Sistine Choir...