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Like his predecessor Pius XI, Pope Pius XII is called "Pope of Peace" by his admirers. Published last week was a quick job of biography of the new Pope, Pius XII, Pope of Peace, † which made out no case for giving him, any more than Pius XI, such a special designation. Last week the Holy Father spent his first Holy Week in office, a week made notable by the fact that his neighbor Benito Mussolini chose Good Friday to invade Albania. On Easter Sunday Pius XII made a radio address to the world: "There can be no peace...
...death in 1938 of Patrick Cardinal Hayes left the Roman Catholic Church in the U. S. with only three Cardinals. Many a U. S. Catholic hopes that Pope Pius XII will create...
After Pope Pius XII had given a private audience to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Patrick Kennedy and eight of their nine children,* 7-year-old Teddy Kennedy, youngest of them all, declared: "I wasn't frightened. ... He patted my head and told me I was a smart little fellow. He gave me the first rosary beads from the table before he gave my sister [Patricia...
...Pontiff had received in audience the German Ambassador to the Vatican. He had also received the four German Cardinals in what was described as a "conference" rather than an audience. This gave the impression that Pius XII was seeking a rapprochement with Germany. Then the new Pope appointed his Secretary of State and the impression was overturned. His choice was a man distasteful to the Fascist nations: Luigi Cardinal Maglione...
...choice of Cardinal Maglione did not, however, mean that Pius XII had decided on a pro-French or pro-democratic foreign policy. It meant primarily that the new Pope had picked the most competent diplomat whom he could find to head the Papal diplomatic service, which is one of the ablest in the world. At all times the Vatican resists encroachments, Fascist or otherwise, but its tactics are based on two main principles: 1) never to become identified with any one government, or type of government; 2) that it is never a mistake to be on slightly bad terms with...