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Italiano: Il cardinale Eugéne Tisserant asperge l'acqua santa sul corpo di papa Pio XII mentre giace sul letto di morte a Castel Gandolfo. English: Cardinal Eugéne Tisserant sprinkling holy water on the body of pope Pius XII as he lies on his death bed at Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the pope, in the Lazio region, Italy.
After Pius XII's death on 9 October 1958 many Jewish organisations and newspapers around the world paid tribute to his legacy. At the United Nations, Golda Meir, Israel's Foreign Minister, said, "When fearful martyrdom came to our people in the decade of Nazi terror, the voice of the Pope was raised for the victims. The life of our times was ...
After the death of Pius XII, Galeazzi-Lisi gave an article and photographs of the dead Pope to a French magazine, Paris Match, and to an Italian magazine.He also tried to publish a diary which he had composed of the last four days of Pius XII.
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to a beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you can help by ...
Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican archives that conflicts with the Holy ...
A papal conclave took place from 25 to 28 October following the death of Pope Pius XII on 9 October 1958. On the eleventh ballot, the College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli as the new pope. He accepted the election and took the name John XXIII.
YouTuber Paul Harrell has announced his own death from pancreatic cancer at 58. In a prerecorded video posted on Wednesday, Sept. 4, and titled "I’m Dead," Harrell shared that his pancreatic ...
Pascalina Lehnert (25 August 1894 – 13 November 1983), born Josefina Lehnert, was a German religious sister who served as Pope Pius XII's housekeeper, confidant, and secretary from his period as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria in 1917 until his death as pope in 1958. [1]