Word: priesthood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Inside the Basilica, Pope Pius XI, served by only one acolyte, celebrated mass at the spot where, 50 years before, he had been, ordained to the priesthood. After mass he went next door, visited the Lateran Palace. Then back to the Vatican he went, as quietly as he had come. Next day the Pope, robed in the full majesty of his Pontificate, in cream-colored silk cloak, gold-&-silver-embroidered, crowned with the Triregnum (triple crown), closed his golden jubilee with a solemn mass in St. Peter's Basilica, where 70.000 Catholics cheered him. Then he beatified the relics...
...assembled cardinals, archbishops and bishops, representatives of the U. S. Hierarchy of Roman Catholicism, 57 strong, had voted to send the Pope a gift of $50,000. Suggester of the gift: George William Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago. Its significance: a tribute on the 50th anniversary of Achille Ratti's priesthood...
Italian. Under former Popes, consistories were held twice yearly. But Pius XI is independent of such tradition. Said Vatican rumor: the next consistory will be called on the 50th anniversary of His Holiness' priesthood, next month...
...Lyons a Mosaic of himself, made in the Vatican Museum, Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes of Manhattan last week wrote letters to the pastors of his archdiocese, instructing them to dedicate October "to the supreme shepherd, Pius XI, in honor of the 50th anniversary of his holy priesthood," and to collect Peter-pence October...
...Church Temperance Society. Wrote a book, Intestinal Gardening. Opened a Health Education Society Clinic in Manhattan, to cure alcoholism, drug addiction, dietary ills. He hired a medical staff, advertised for patients, earned $500 a month. This vexed New York doctors who complained to the municipal board of health. His priesthood repelled investigation as it attracted him patients, especially female patients. Although he had licensed physicians on his staff, he frequently examined patients himself, persuading women (many have complained to city health authorities) to strip naked except for stockings and shoes. To hesitant patients he sometimes declared that...