Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) was born March 2, 1876, to Filippo Pacelli and Virginia (Graziosi) Pacelli, in Rome, where he spent his childhood. He was ordained as a priest on April 2, 1899.
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Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (later PopePiusXII) was born March 2, 1876, to Filippo Pacelli and Virginia (Graziosi) Pacelli, in Rome, where...
PopePiusXII (born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, Italian pronunciation: [euˈdʒɛːnjo maˈriːa dʒuˈzɛppe dʒoˈvanni paˈtʃɛlli]; 2 March 1876 –...
the moral theology ofPopePiusXII. David G. Dalin argues in The Myth of Hitler's Pope that Yad Vashem should honor PopePiusXII as a "Righteous Gentile"...
August 1939, PopePiusXII (1939–58) delivered a tribute to Pius X at Castel Gandolfo. On 12 February 1943, a further development ofPius X's cause was...
Social teachings ofPopePiusXII refers to encyclicals, apostolic constitutions and speeches by PopePiusXII on non-theological issues involving medicine...
The relations between PopePiusXII and Judaism have long been controversial, especially those questions that surround PopePiusXII and the Holocaust. Other...
The theology ofPopePiusXII is reflected in his forty-one encyclicals, as well as speeches and nearly 1000 messages, during his almost 20-year pontificate...
PopePiusXII and Poland includes Church relations from 1939 to 1958. PiusXII became Pope on the eve of the Second World War. The invasion of predominantly...
Pope John XII (Latin: Ioannes XII; c. 930/937 – 14 May 964), born Octavian, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 16 December 955...
PopePius VIII (Italian: Pio VIII; born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni; 20 November 1761 – 30 November 1830) was head of the Catholic Church...
state of Israel's official Holocaust memorial, has generally been critical ofPopePiusXII, the pope during The Holocaust. For decades, PiusXII has been...
and the development of a full Christology, e.g. as in PiusXII's Mystici corporis Christi and John Paul II's Redemptoris Mater. Popes were highly important...
Pope Gregory XII (Latin: Gregorius XII; Italian: Gregorio XII; c. 1327 – 18 October 1417), born Angelo Corraro, Corario, or Correr, was head of the Catholic...
PopePiusXII's response to the Roman razzia (Italian for roundup), or mass deportation of Jews, on October 16, 1943 is a significant issue relating to...
Roman Calendar ofPopePiusXII and the General Roman Calendar of 1960. Though no longer mentioned in the General Roman Calendar, Saint Pius I may now, according...
Catholics PopesPius XI (1922–1939) and PiusXII (1939–1958) led the Catholic Church during the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. Around a third of Germans...
PopePiusXII (r. 1939–1958) created 56 cardinals in two consistories. On both occasions Pius tried to bring the membership of the College of Cardinals...
Mediator Dei (Mediator [between] God) is a papal encyclical issued by PopePiusXII on 20 November 1947. It was the first encyclical devoted entirely to...
Mystici Corporis Christi (The Mystical Body of Christ) is an encyclical issued by PopePiusXII on 29 June 1943 during World War II. Its main topic is...
by PopePiusXII in 1954. It states that Mary is called Queen of Heaven because her son, Jesus Christ, is the king of Israel and the heavenly king of the...
PopePius IX (Italian: Pio IX, Pio Nono; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846...
of State from 1922 to 1954, and along with Domenico Tardini was considered the closest and most influential advisor ofPopePiusXII. In 1954, Pius named...