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...German Foreign Minister saw Mussolini twice, Count Ciano several times, paid his respects to His Majesty. His visit would have been a complete frost had he not also had a pre-arranged date with Pope Pius XII. Vatican and Nazi relations have long been just about as unfriendly as they could be. They have been even more unpleasant than usual since the Nazis' harsh treatment of Catholics in conquered Poland. The Pope, moreover, has made it pretty clear that on the moral issue he is with the Allies...
...days after the death in 1922 of his father-Karl I, last of the ruling Habsburgs-little Franz Josef Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Maximilian Heinrich Sixtus Xavier Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetano Pius Ignaz, known to the world by his third name, lay ill of a fever in the tiny, damp-walled, smoky house of exile in Madeira to which the family had been banished. He called for his "Treasure Box"-a stationery case in which he kept pictures of his family, pressed Hungarian flowers, a lump of his native soil, a silver coin his father had given...
...Vatican, day after this editorial appeared, Mr. Taylor was received by Pope Pius XII almost exactly as the Christian Century had (however seriously) suggested. In full evening dress and black spats, the Ambassador was ushered into the Hall of the Little Throne (instead of the big hall of the Throne), where Pius XII awaited him. Instead of thrice genuflecting and kissing the papal ring, Mr. Taylor bowed twice as he advanced, bowed again while shaking the Pope's hand. Then the Episcopal steelman handed Pius XII two letters. One was from Mr. Roosevelt to "Your Holiness," in which...
That was all. Pius XII and Mr. Taylor talked things over, in English, for half an hour. Then the Ambassador departed, began a lengthy round of ceremonial calls in Rome. First of 24 resident Cardinals on Mr. Taylor's list was Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Dean of the Sacred College. Spry at 88, this Prince of the Church returned the visit promptly, arrived at Mr. Taylor's hotel (the Excelsior) flanked by two grooms, who went up in the elevator with him bearing two big lighted candles...
Birthdays. Daniel Harris (his pension checks always read "alias George Irving," under which name he enlisted), sole surviving Jewish veteran of the G. A. R., 94; Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, Labrador medical missionary, 75; Frederic William Goudy, dean of U. S. type designers, 75; Pope Pius XII, on the first anniversary of his election to the papacy, 64; Associate Justice Hugo La Fayette Black of the Supreme Court...