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Last week Pope Pius XII conferred on his Apostolic Delegate to the U.S. power to appoint substitutes for the Sacred Roman Rota (court to which Catholic cases from all over the world are appealed). This is the first time in modern history that the Vatican-final earthly tribunal for all things Roman Catholic-has granted such authority to any one outside Rome...
...these extramarital relaxations were not enough, then there were two other good reasons for dropping Serrano into the political ashcan. Three months ago in Rome, Pope Pius XII dressed him down for his sparsity of morals and his abundance of pro-Axis sympathies. Leaving the audience in a white rage, Serrano reportedly cracked: "This fellow is impossible!" In Catholic Spain the slur was intolerable. Even worse was Serrano's bumble of Aug. 15 when his Falangist thugs tossed a grenade into a crowd coming out of Bilbao Cathedral...
...observing the solemn Jewish day of mourning, Tisha b'Av. Their action was expressive of the growing understanding among religious groups throughout the civilized world. Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara of Kansas City urged "all who profess the Christian faith [to] understand the declaration of Pope Pius XI that 'all Christians are spiritually Semites...
...Scottish lakeside, announced: "I have been investigating its presence quietly for many years, having a natural hesitance in letting my friends know that I believed in the existence of a fresh-water parallel of the sea serpent." After all, the Rt. Rev. Sir David was once chamberlain to Pope Pius...
...Pope Pius XII's 25th anniversary as a bishop was celebrated this week by the world's 338,386,000 Roman Catholics. He was consecrated at 41 in the Sistine Chapel by Pope Benedict...