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...Judson, a middle-aged businessman who married the 18-year-old Rita Cansino and guided her career as Rita Hayworth, kept an electric train for her to play with. Producer Mervyn LeRoy took the script of Quo Vadis? to the Vatican and had no trouble getting Pope Pius XII to bless...
...Sergius then had both Popes strangled in jail. He also fathered an illegitimate son by a 15-year-old heiress named Marozia, who eventually got the debauched son chosen as Pope John XI soon after his 21st birthday. John's nephew, who was even more debauched, duly became John XII when barely...
...modern Vatican is, of course, a somewhat less colorful place, but it remains a center of controversy. Pius XII (1939-58) "saw himself as the Pope of peace," as Kelly puts it, but his efforts to remain "strictly neutral" during World War II led to sharp criticisms of his failure to speak out strongly against the Nazis. Despite the claims of Pius' defenders that he did speak out, Kelly concludes, "What remains clear is that the veiled or generalized language traditional to the curia was not a suitable instrument for dealing with cynically planned world domination and genocide...
...Pope Pius XII extended the privilege to radio listeners, and later to TV audiences. Bishops around the world have long been permitted to impart the blessing to their local flocks on behalf of the Pope. Last week the Vatican announced that Catholics are now eligible to receive this indulgence from their bishop's blessing via radio or TV if they are unable to hear it in person...
...XII MALLORY...