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...Bishops, 35 Cardinals. St. Anthony's vision, with the accumulated visions, insights and inspired beliefs of centuries of Roman Catholics, has built up a vast deposit of faith that this week became an official dogma of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1946 Pope Pius XII sent a circular letter to all bishops, asking whether they thought the Assumption should now be defined as church dogma. The replies were mostly favorable...
Turinese Tailor Antonio Santomauro, who made the elaborately embroidered Mantle of Peace worn by Pope Pius XII for special ceremonies, was busily stitching away at two more peace jackets. One, of Tibet wool, double-breasted with four gold buttons and an embroidered globe carried by two small doves, will go to Harry Truman. To Joseph Stalin, courtesy of Tailor Santomauro, will go a single-breasted job, buttoned to the throat, with one embroidered dove...
...present state of the world, priests should not be too unworldly. So said Pope Pius XII last week. To ensure the training of properly down-to-earth priests, the Pope urged every Roman Catholic seminary...
...cleared for his beatification and eventual canonization: he was given the title of Venerable Joseph Sarto. Not since 1712 has a Pope been canonized.*A venerable may not be designated a saint until the church has approved and recognized at least two miracles. Last week documented records of Pius X's miracles, including two more from the U.S., were pouring into the Vatican...
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