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...baptism some 49 years ago, that their swarthy infant would one day be a great one of the Church. The diocese of Burgos, Spain, saw his birth. Burgos saw him consecrated as its Archbishop. But only a secret consistory of his peers in the Vatican last week saw Pope Pius XI confer on Burgos' Archbishop the red hat of the cardinalate, making him the titular priest of Rome's Santa Maria in Trastevere...
...Something must be done to check the ever increasing indecency of women's dress," wrote Prefect Lops, and went on to declare that, although both Pope Pius XI and Queen Helena of Italy have condemned short skirts and bare arms, results have been meager if not lacking. "However, who can doubt," concluded fulsome Prefect Lops, "that an order from our beloved Duce would be obeyed UNHESITATINGLY by every woman in Italy...
...distinguished Foreign Minister J. Demóstenes Arosemena. Flushed and embarrassed these ladies hastily sought a modiste not far from the Vatican, bought gowns with longer skirts and sleeves, returned, were passed by the nuns, knelt and received the blessing of Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, Pontifex Maximus, Pope Pius...
After receiving as a gift from one Mrs. May Lyons a Mosaic of himself, made in the Vatican Museum, Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes of Manhattan last week wrote letters to the pastors of his archdiocese, instructing them to dedicate October "to the supreme shepherd, Pius XI, in honor of the 50th anniversary of his holy priesthood," and to collect Peter-pence October...
Albert of Belgium went to Italy. Purpose: to visit Vittorio-Emanuele and Queen Elena. Rumored: that Princess Marie-Jose of Belgium (third child) and Crown Prince Umberto of Italy (just turned 25) are to be married; that Pius XI will perform the ceremony; that the couple will live in a royal palace at Florence...