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After Pius XII's death on 9 October 1958 many Jewish organisations and newspapers around the world paid tribute to his legacy. At the United Nations, Golda Meir, Israel's Foreign Minister, said, "When fearful martyrdom came to our people in the decade of Nazi terror, the voice of the Pope was raised for the victims. The life of our times was ...
The personality and magisterium of Pope Benedict XIV – Pope Pius XII died October 9, 1958, before he could deliver this address for the 200th anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XIV, Italian Preparing yourself for the priesthood – To be issued October 19, 1958, this message was read to the students as a testament of the late Pope ...
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to an alleged beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you ...
Italiano: Il cardinale Eugéne Tisserant asperge l'acqua santa sul corpo di papa Pio XII mentre giace sul letto di morte a Castel Gandolfo. English: Cardinal Eugéne Tisserant sprinkling holy water on the body of pope Pius XII as he lies on his death bed at Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the pope, in the Lazio region, Italy.
The canonization process of Pope Pius XII dates to shortly after his death in 1958. He was declared a servant of God in 1990 and venerable in 2009. Father Peter Gumpel was the relator (collector of information) of Pius XII's cause for canonization.
Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican archives that conflicts with the Holy ...
A papal conclave took place from 25 to 28 October following the death of Pope Pius XII on 9 October 1958. On the eleventh ballot, the College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Angelo Roncalli as the new pope. He accepted the election and took the name John XXIII. He was the second patriarch of Venice to be elected pontiff in the 20th century after ...
Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in ...