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Alexandre Millerand, President of France: " Various political interpretations were placed by Parisians on a report that Pope Pius XI intends to confer the Order of the Golden Rose upon my wife, and also present her with a golden rosebud insigne...
...Catholic Church. This exhibit will be held in Rome during the " Holy Year," 1925. " Anno Santo " was omitted in 1850 because Rome was held by revolutionists, and in 1875 because of the recent loss of temporal power. The twenty-first of these papal jubilees was held in 1900, under Pius...
...great sensation of the week was the letter from Pope Pius XI to the Papal Secretary of State, Cardinal Gasparri, suggesting plans for an early Ruhr peace. The Pope backed the suggestion, emanating from U. S. Secretary of State Hughes, for an international conference to fix Germany's capacity to pay reparations. He also suggested that the Ruhr occupation should be withdrawn progressively as guarantees for payment from the Germans became effective. The Pope expressed some surprise that his suggestions were received unfavorably by the French Government, which considers the Pope's message an attempt to undermine...
...alarm with which certain of the French Senate view Pius...
During the period of their stay Rome the British King and Queen were received with every mark of sincere respect and friendliness by Pope Pius XL The gorgeous ceremony of the Vatican visit can only be compared to the magnificence associated with the courts of medieval days. The Vatican announces that it attaches great importance to the visit, and, although the Pope refuses to divulge the subject of his half-hour conversation with King George, a high Vatican official said that the visit was regarded as " the beginning of a general reconciliation in the Church of Christ...