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...Pope Pius XII...
January 23, Group XII...
...there, as many scientists insist, an unbridgeable gulf between modern science and revealed religion? From Pope Pius XII last week came an earnest, carefully documented answer: no. In the latest physics and astronomy, said the Pope, "true science discovers God in an everincreasing degree-as though God were waiting behind every door." In particular, he told the Pontifical Academy of Sciences,* the proofs of God's existence which St. Thomas Aquinas advanced in the 13th Century are constantly being buttressed anew by the discoveries of science...
...morality of sex has never been simple-but the Catholic rule about sex has always been definite. Modern developments in contraception, surgery, psychology and artificial insemination have never changed that rule. Last week, in a 9,000-word speech to the Italian Catholic Union of Midwives, Pope Pius XII freshened up the signposts along the Roman Catholic road. His main points...
Last week the President's announcement brought "utmost joy" at the Vatican. General Clark, now chief of Army Field Forces, was commander of the army that liberated Rome in 1944. An Episcopalian and a 33rd degree Mason, he became a firm friend of Pope Pius XII. Clark will not be a mere Minister, as was his predecessor, Rufus King. His title will be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,* and his appointment will probably be followed by the naming of a Papal Nuncio...