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Pius XI

NOUN
  1. pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939)

How To Use Pius XI In A Sentence

  • In some press accounts this act was linked with the expected beatification, not of Pius XII, but of Pius IX.
  • Both Pius XI and Pius XII had pontificates that built upon the concordats begun under Benedict.
  • To comment first on Monsignor Maniscalco's letter: of course Pius XII was concerned for the Jews and their fate, and he abominated the Nazis.
  • (Pius XI seated upon the papal throne in papal mantum, with Cardinal deacons in cappa on either side) More Rare Images: Good Friday with Pius XI in the Sistine Chapel
  • Throughout his papacy. Pope Pius XII was almost universally, regarded as a saintly man, a scholar, a man of peace, a tower of strength, and a compassionate defender and protector of all victims of the war and genocide that had drenched Europe in blood.
  • Pius XII is standing, in full regalia; his papal cloak envelops him, draped over his shoulders like a protecting towel as if he had just emerged from a swim.
  • Before that can be done well, I think, the archives of Pius XII's pontificate will probably have to be fully catalogued and opened.
  • On the macro level, in the encyclical letter Quadrogesimo Anno in 1931, Pope Pius XI provides a starting point for an engaging conversation from the faith perspective about the current situation: Easy returns, which an open market offers to anyone, lead many to interest themselves in trade and exchange, their one aim being to make clear profits with the least labor. Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI: Restore Faith In The Markets
  • (Left: Canon Missae with the Arms of Pius IX; Right: Dalmatic with Barque of Peter, Papal Arms and personal papal arms of Pius XII woven into the fabric) (The stemma of Pope Urban VIII embroidered onto the chasuble, with the distinctive element of his arms woven into the fabric) Revival in the Traditional Liturgical Arts on Display in Nantes
  • The decline in vocations, which began under Pius XII, has not been reversed and there is now one seminarist for every twelve priests.
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