The musings and meandering thoughts of a crotchety old man as he observes life in the world and in a small, rural town in South East Nebraska. I hope to help people get to Heaven by sharing prayers, meditations, the lives of the Saints, and news of Church happenings. My Pledge: Nulla dies sine linea ~ Not a day without a line.
21 August 2023
MM Video: Pius XII
The MM Video: Murdered Royalty, also posted on 1 April 2012 has been removed for copyright violation.
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli was born in 1876 into a Roman aristocratic family of the "Black Nobility". He was ordained priest in 1899 and early on worked as a diplomat on a number of missions including representing the Holy See at the coronation of King George V in London. He later served as Cardinal Secretary of State for the Holy See and Camerlengo. In 1939 he was elected to the throne of St Peter and took the name Pius XII. His reign was marked by World War II, the Nazi occupation of Rome, the early years of the Cold War against communism and a number of reforms within the Catholic Church. He emphasized Bible study and the importance of the Virgin Mary. In 1950 he invoked papal infallibility to define the dogma of the assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. He died in 1958 in Castel Gandolfo. In 1965 Pope Paul VI opened his cause for canonization and in 2009 Pope Benedict XVI declared him "Venerable".
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