Pope pius xii biography of donald
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Don Bosco in the august word of the Popes
By the Salesian Press Office
of the Direzione General Opere Don Bosco in Turin
PIO XII
Eugenio Pacelli was born in Rome on 2 March 1876. He was ordained a priest on 2 April 1899. He worked in the Secretariat of State. In 1917 he was elected Apostolic Nuncio in Germany and consecrated bishop by the Supreme Pontiff himself on 13 May. In 1929 he was created Cardinal and Secretary of State. In the very short conclave of 1-2 March 1939 he was elected Pope and crowned on 12 March.
Pius XII approved the Decree of the Congregation of Seminaries and of the University of Studies on 3 May 1940, which saw the building of the Pontifical Salesian Athenaeum (PAS). On 24 June 1951 he canonszed St Mary Domenica Mazzarello. He beatified (5 March 1950) and canonised (12 June 1954)St Dominic Savio. He proclaimed the heroicity of the virtues of Fr Michael Rua (26 June 1953). He introduced the cause of Beatification of Ceferino Namuncurá (10 De
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The Life and Pontificate of Pope Pius Xii [1 ed.] 9780813220253, 9780813220161
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The Life & Pontificate of
Pope Pius XII
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The Life & Pontificate of
Pope Pius XII between history & controversy
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Frank J. Coppa
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The Life and Pontificate of Pope Pius
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Pope Pius XII
Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
Pope Pius XII (born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, Italian pronunciation:[euˈdʒɛːnjomaˈriːadʒuˈzɛppedʒoˈvannipaˈtʃɛlli]; 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his election to the papacy, he served as secretary of the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, papal nuncio to Germany, and Cardinal Secretary of State, in which capacity he worked to conclude treaties with various europeisk and Latin American nations, including the Reichskonkordat treaty with the German Reich.[1]
While the Vatican was officially neutral during World War II, the Reichskonkordat and his leadership of the Catholic Church during the war remain the subject of controversy—including allegations of public silence and inaction concerning the fate of the Jews.[2]