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...physician is Dr. Paul Niehans, '77 (though he looks more like 60), who declares: "I reject nine out of ten would-be patients. I choose persons who represent a certain value to the world by their individual prominence." Among the chosen have been the late Pope Pius XII and the Imam of Yemen (treated in Rome), the late King Ibn Saud, Painter Georges Braque, Somerset Maugham, Gloria Swanson, the King of Morocco. Most of them received Dr. Niehans' rejuvenation treatment-one or more injections of cells from an unborn lamb...
...warning, hope and encouragement. Ad Petri Cathedram (To the Chair of Peter), the circular letter's opening words by which it will be known, is neither a trail-blazing social document (like Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum in 1891) nor a detailed doctrinal exposition (like Pius XII's Humani Generis in 1950). It is instead notable for the familiarity of its style, the range of its concern and the warmth with which it faces its subject: On Promoting-Under the Impulse of Charity-Truth, Unity and Peace...
...contrary to Catholic faith and morals, nine cardinals review their findings. Together, the three groups form the Holy Office's book-censoring department, and on their recommendation the Pope places works on the Index of Forbidden Books. So far, John XXIII has not Indexed any; Pius XII placed 23 authors on the list, including Jean Paul Sartre, Andre Gide and Alberto Moravia...
...first U.S.-born staff member of the State Secretariate, Spellman translated and delivered in English the first papal radio broadcast, stayed for seven years, part of that time as attache to the Vatican's secretary of state and his close friend, Cardinal Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII...
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