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...work ground to a halt, Théas appealed to Pope Pius XII, who put him in touch with energetic, persuasive Monsignor George Roche, onetime parish priest in Poitiers, France, head of a lay order, Opus Cenaculi (work of the cenacle). The group, originally backed by Melvina Rivet, a wealthy Canadian widow in her 80s, had raised millions to build schools and churches in France and Italy...
...event is invariably shaped by the force of others. Thus, when the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S. elected a new presiding bishop last October, that election, while duly reported in TIME and elsewhere, was overshadowed by news from Rome: the death and burial of Pope Pius XII and the election of Pope John XXIII. Last week Presiding Bishop Arthur Carl Lichtenberger was formally installed in his new post, and news could catch up with him in greater detail. In this issue TIME introduces the grocer's son from Oshkosh, Wis. who is now chief spokesman...
...invitations. Vatican Secretary of State Domenico Tardini explained that the omissions were made because the two diplomats represented "phantom" governments that are no longer recognized by other countries accredited to the Holy See. That statement itself was enough for old Vatican hands to sense a new atmosphere; under Pius XII, who made a point of keeping the Polish and Lithuanian envoys as anti-Communist symbols, there had not been any reference to phantoms...
...History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume XII, Leyte, June 1944-January...
...Patron Saint of TV-a lamp combined with a ceramic statue of St. Clare of Assisi. declared patroness of television last year by Pope Pius XII-"a welcome source of inspiration . . . just right for the top of your TV set." Price...