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...Eugenio Pacelli, newly His Holiness Pope Pius XII (see p. 36), the President cabled: "It is with true happiness that I learned of your selection as Supreme Pontiff. Recalling with pleasure our meeting on the occasion of your recent visit to the United States, I wish to take this occasion to send you a personal message of felicitation and good wishes. ROOSEVELT...
...hostess at Manhasset, L. I. He lunched with the Roosevelts at Hyde Park, addressed the National Press Club in Washington, went to Philadelphia and Boston, toured by air as far west as San Francisco. First Pope in history to have personal knowledge of the U. S., Pius XII has cousins in Flushing and Jordan...
...Italian, the first four letters of the name Pacelli spell peace. The world hoped last week, after that name was converted to Pius XII, that the first acts of its owner might help bring...
...balcony of St. Peter's, as twilight turned to darkness, stepped a tall, lean, greying man in white, wearing an ermine-bordered red cape. Pope Pius XII -whose 63rd birthday it was-raised his hand in the gesture of a blessing urbi et orbi, "to the city and the world...
...Pius XII, therefore, Eugenio Pacelli faces the difficult task of strengthening the position of the Catholic Church in a world troubled by numerous totalitarian states which will not countenance a powerful, established church within their boundaries. He has shown his capabilities in his former diplomatic positions. Whether he can stave off the attacks of the totalitarian states as well as build up the prestige of the Catholic Church in the more friendly democratic nations remains to be seen...