Word: pius
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...soon as Il Duce's titles had been inserted, the film was rushed to the Vatican and there viewed with approbation by Pope Pius XI, Son-of-a-Weaver...
...fanned by other minions majestically agitating great clusters of ostrich plumes upon long poles. His garment was white of a creamy richness, but lis robe was all bloodred. On his breast blazed the Crux Pectorale, a great cross of diamonds. And above the shapely, bespectacled head of Pope Pius XI towered the holy apostolic tiara of pure, massy gold...
...from beneath abnormally heavy, Mephistophelian eyebrows (see cut). Cardinal Gasparri has been Papal Secretary of State for 14 years, twice the length of the tenure of any Prime Minister in Europe. Last week he rose to the grand climax of his career by signing a document which liberates Pope Pius XI from...
...Pius XI?Ambrogio Domieno Achille Ratti, like the ninth Pius at the time of his death, is prisoned in the Vatican. Toward him no greedy Kings or Emperors cast envious eyes. The Catholic Church may own many lands but the Pope does not own any. Herein may lie subject matter for a Council...
Recently Catholics throughout the world have rejoiced to hear that Mussolini intends to grant Pius XI a tiny portion of Italy (TIME, Jan. 14 et seq ). It is freely rumored that the 21st Ecumenical Council will sanctify that grant...