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After Pope Pius XII had given a private audience to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Patrick Kennedy and eight of their nine children,* 7-year-old Teddy Kennedy, youngest of them all, declared: "I wasn't frightened. ... He patted my head and told me I was a smart little fellow. He gave me the first rosary beads from the table before he gave my sister [Patricia...
...Pontiff had received in audience the German Ambassador to the Vatican. He had also received the four German Cardinals in what was described as a "conference" rather than an audience. This gave the impression that Pius XII was seeking a rapprochement with Germany. Then the new Pope appointed his Secretary of State and the impression was overturned. His choice was a man distasteful to the Fascist nations: Luigi Cardinal Maglione...
Without, some 200,000 people packed St. Peter's Square, eager to see a Pope crowned in public for the first time since 1846 (before the Popes became "prisoners" in the Vatican). The people waited patiently while, within, Pius XII went through long rituals. At last the Pontiff appeared on St. Peter's balcony. The great moment arrived. Cardinal Deacon Caccia-Dominioni chanted "Accipe tiaram" (Receive the tiara). The crowd below saw the Cardinal lift the gem-studded, beehive-shaped triple crown of the papacy and place it on the head of its wearer. Then the multitude dropped...
Diplomacy. Forty nations sent diplomatic missions to the coronation, including the U. S., represented by Ambassador to England Joseph Patrick Kennedy. Germany, however, sent no envoy. What were to be the relations between the Third Reich and the Holy See, was the biggest question of Pius XII's first week of rule...
...choice of Cardinal Maglione did not, however, mean that Pius XII had decided on a pro-French or pro-democratic foreign policy. It meant primarily that the new Pope had picked the most competent diplomat whom he could find to head the Papal diplomatic service, which is one of the ablest in the world. At all times the Vatican resists encroachments, Fascist or otherwise, but its tactics are based on two main principles: 1) never to become identified with any one government, or type of government; 2) that it is never a mistake to be on slightly bad terms with...