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...secret consistory to elect two new cardinals was held last week by His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, in the magnificent consistorial hall. The ceremony, which precedes the public session by three days, was marked by all the usual resplendence...
...most admired citizens of the State, and has served in many civil capacities. He was, for example, appointed Commissioner of Immigration. Born in Rochester, N, Y., he was educated abroad at Cambridge, Munich and Rome. When he was first nominated for Coadjutor Bishop of San Francisco, Pope Pius X refused to confirm the appointment, suspecting Hanna of "modernism," but finally, in 1915, Hanna was consecrated Archbishop of San Francisco...
...King Albert of the Belgians visited Rome last year. This was the first visit of any Catholic monarch since 1870, when Pope Pius IX threatened a ban on Catholic monarchs who accepted the hospitality of the House of Savoy, which had usurped his temporal power...
...result of this papal statesmanship was revealed last June when Pius XI launched his "letter to Gasparri" (TIME, July 9). He practically endorsed the Hughes plan for a tribunal of experts to consider reparations. He caused Poincaré to roar: " We cannot accept the guidance of the Holy Father in temporal affairs...
...rate it is apparent that Pius XI has definitely associated himself with the magic word " peace" ?the Pope of Peace. And it is therefore predictable that if the piping times return to Europe, the prestige of the Vatican will be more powerful than at any point in nearly a century...