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Pope Pius XII, taking note that Italian women were about to vote nationally for the first time, made it plain that the Church wanted them to: "Your day is here . . . public life needs you . . . direct action . . . is indispensable." He warned them against the "marvelous promises" of totalitarianism, and observed that "no wise woman favors a policy of class struggle...
Although the Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano, said atomic bombing had created "an unfavorable impression" in the Vatican, Pope Pius XII told visiting newsmen that such a statement was unauthorized...
Pope Pius XII, who seldom speaks directly to the U.S. press, last week received ten U.S. correspondents and told them...
...typewriter Pope Pius XII pecked out a warm greeting to UNRRA Director General Herbert H. Lehman: "May God strengthen your hands, give light and courage to the promptings of your heart - grant you the precious consolation of doing untold good . . . a truly Christlike work...
Frank Sinatra, in Rome with a U.S.O. troupe, had an audience with Pope Pius XII and reported, wide-eyed, that the Pontiff had asked if he was a tenor or baritone. Said The Voice: "I was amazed the Pope had heard of me. I was speechless. I am enthralled by all the grandeur. I am thrilled...