Word: xii
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last week Mr. Welles arrived at the Vatican at 9:48 a. m. and left Pope Pius XII at 11:05 a.m. Following evening he left Rome, reached Genoa at 6:30 the next morning and, after a four-hour rest at his hotel, he went aboard the Conte di Savoia, which sailed at noon. The ship anchored at Gibraltar at 5:30 a. m., was boarded by British officers at 8, thoroughly searched by them (looking for German Economist Dr. Schacht, said rumors, while Berlin said he was there) and sailed...
...European peace pipe, whose coal had been kept fitfully glowing for a month while Sumner Welles made his reportorial rounds (see p. 14), had never been cooler than it was last week. On Easter Sunday in Rome Pope Pius XII not only spoke mournfully of "this critical moment when sorrowful things appear to the eyes of all," but foresaw "even more dreadful things ... for the future...
...German Foreign Minister saw Mussolini twice, Count Ciano several times, paid his respects to His Majesty. His visit would have been a complete frost had he not also had a pre-arranged date with Pope Pius XII. Vatican and Nazi relations have long been just about as unfriendly as they could be. They have been even more unpleasant than usual since the Nazis' harsh treatment of Catholics in conquered Poland. The Pope, moreover, has made it pretty clear that on the moral issue he is with the Allies...
That was all. Pius XII and Mr. Taylor talked things over, in English, for half an hour. Then the Ambassador departed, began a lengthy round of ceremonial calls in Rome. First of 24 resident Cardinals on Mr. Taylor's list was Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Dean of the Sacred College. Spry at 88, this Prince of the Church returned the visit promptly, arrived at Mr. Taylor's hotel (the Excelsior) flanked by two grooms, who went up in the elevator with him bearing two big lighted candles...
Birthdays. Daniel Harris (his pension checks always read "alias George Irving," under which name he enlisted), sole surviving Jewish veteran of the G. A. R., 94; Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, Labrador medical missionary, 75; Frederic William Goudy, dean of U. S. type designers, 75; Pope Pius XII, on the first anniversary of his election to the papacy, 64; Associate Justice Hugo La Fayette Black of the Supreme Court...