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Pacts & Protocols. As the first member of a French Government to call at the Vatican since Napoleon burst in, Pierre Laval was most warmly received by the Supreme Pontiff who invested him with the Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX, then bestowed his blessing upon the entire French party, including Josette...
...Caesar was created in the Papal State last week, and unto him were rendered for six months the things which are Caesar's. Screamed headlines: DICTATOR NAMED FOR VATICAN CITY. In effect wise old Pius XI delegated all but the things which are God's in the Papal State to its trusty Governor, Marquis Camillo Serafini...
This meant that the drones and sinecure holders in Vatican City are in for a thoroughgoing shakeup. Under the broad, benign mandate handed him by Pope Pius, Caesar-For-Six-Months Serafini will first proceed to create an Attorney General's office and a Bureau of Accounts-with all that the abrupt creation of those offices implies...
...beck of Pope Pius XI are dossiers on all the dioceses, all the archdioceses in the Catholic world. The better to keep him informed, all the Pope's bishops periodically report to him in person.* Thus when, four years ago, the archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan fell vacant, Pius XI could handily acquaint himself with names of candidates for that windswept Canadian post. But instead of selecting some seasoned churchman the Pope picked a simple priest whose years-36-made him the world's youngest archbishop. The priest was Rev. James Charles McGuigan (pronounced Mick-gwiggan). At 40, Archbishop...
...unthinkable," Pope Pius XI was reported to have said last week, "that pictures of Christ's vicar or his sacred functions should appear on the very screens on which films offending the fundamental principles of Christian morals and common decency are projected...