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Archbishop Spellman had three audiences with Pope Pius XII. What the Archbishop and his great & good friend discussed was known only to themselves. But the question of Cardinals for the U.S. may have been mentioned. Since the death of Boston's William Cardinal O'Connell (TIME, May 1), the U.S. has had only one Prince of the Church, instead of its normal three or four. He is Philadelphia's aging (79) Denis Cardinal Dougherty...
...year ago, when the observer visited Franco, there were three of them-a large, autographed photograph of Pope Pius XII, flanked by large, autographed photographs of Hitler and Mussolini. When he called again eight months later the pictures were still there...
...Chapel of Relics in St. Peter's Basilica housed the body of Pope Pius X, who died in 1914, reputedly of a broken heart because he was unable to prevent World War I. The body lay in state, garbed in scarlet, white and gold vestments given by Pius XII. Two papal Guards, with drawn swords, stood outside the floodlit chapel as many a British and U.S. serviceman stared through the grilled doors at the Pontiff's face and hands, blackened by mummification...
...Decided not to distribute the medal issued annually on the Vigil of the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul (June 28) to commemorate some notable event of the past papal year. Reason: The medal approved by Pius XII several months ago showed the Pope standing in an attitude of prayer amid the ruins caused by the first U.S. bombing of Rome last July. The old medal will be melted down, a new design drawn. Rumored theme: the Pope depicted as the protector and savior of Rome...
Pope Pius XII received in private audience...