Word: xiii
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pope Leo XIII instituted October as the month of the Holy Rosary, recommending that it be recited publicly in all Catholic churches during the month. Last week, on the eve of the month, Pope Pius XI with the Rosary in his thoughts delivered himself of an encyclical, or circular letter to all his bishops, such as he regularly continues to compose despite his feebleness. As summarized in English in Vatican City, the encyclical praises the Rosary, declares: "It requires, indeed, a simple and pious mind, but precisely for this reason, it educates the Christian unto a spirit of humility...
...Renovation Española, a small and rather discouraged group of royalists who want the return of Alfonso XIII or at least Prince Juan, healthiest of his children...
...present pastor, Father Michael O'Connell. Father Augustine spoke on Fray Junipero's holy life, argued his sanctity. A wreath was laid on his refurbished grave by Excelentisima Maria Antonia Field, descendant of California grandees who was given her title in 1931 by King Alfonso XIII for her work in preserving Spanish California's historical buildings and records. Fray Junipero's cell, restored to look as it did when he prayed, read his missal and scourged himself with a chain therein, was dedicated as a shrine. A handful of Indians, descendants of those whom, Fray Junipero...
Most embarrassing of all Generalissimo Francisco Franco's followers is the famed "Radio General," hoarse-voiced, bibulous General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano y Sierra, commander of the Rightist southern armies. Once such an ardent Republican that he was exiled by Alfonso XIII, Queipo de Llano quickly turned to fascism, was an active leader in the present civil war when Francisco Franco was still in Morocco. A violent self-advertiser, Queipo de Llano's frequent personal broadcasts have become one of the high spots of the war. When his language grows too indiscreet his own electricians sometimes...
Born. To Prince Alessandro Torlonia and Princess Beatriz Torlonia, elder daughter of onetime King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain; a second child, a son; in Rome. Prince Alessandro's mother was Elsie Moore, of New York. At the bedside of the infant, Alfonso and Victoria Eugenia separated since they fled Spain in 1931, met for the first time in six years, had a private lunch together...