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Pius XII, orig. Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, (born March 2, 1876, Rome, Italy—died Oct. 9, 1958, Castel Gandolfo), Pope (1939–58). Before succeeding Pius XI in 1939, he served in the papal diplomatic service and as secretary of state to the Holy See. He was active in humanitarian work with prisoners and refugees during World War ...
Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Motto. Opus Justitiae Pax (The work of justice shall be peace) Other popes named Pius. Pope Pius XII ( Latin: Pius PP. XII; Italian: Pio XII ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli ( March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958 ), was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 261st Pope from 1939 to 1958.
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Jun 11, 2023 · Pope Pius XII appears behind microphones during a radio broadcast from the Vatican in November 1947. The Pope commended the American people for their efforts to save food for war-torn Europe.
APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION OF POPE PIUS XII . MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS. DEFINING THE DOGMA OF THE ASSUMPTION. November 1, 1950 . 1. The most bountiful God, who is almighty, the plan of whose providence rests upon wisdom and love, tempers, in the secret purpose of his own mind, the sorrows of peoples and of individual men by means of joys that he interposes in their lives from time to time, in such a ...
Pius XII - WWII, Holocaust, Pope: Unable to stop the spread of war, Pius—the first pope to use radio extensively—made a series of Christmas broadcasts in which he returned to a number of themes raised by Benedict XV during World War I. In them he looked forward to a new world order that would supersede the selfish nationalism that had provoked the conflagration. Pius’s relations with the ...
Jun 7, 2022 · 2 of 3 | . FILE - Pope Pius XII, wearing the ring of St. Peter, raises his right hand in a papal blessing at the Vatican, in Sept. 1945. The Vatican has long defended its World War II-era pope, Pius XII, against criticism that he remained silent as the Holocaust unfolded, insisting that he worked quietly behind the scenes to save lives.
