Pius XII

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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[gennarog3]

Whoever made this tribute is a wonderful person. He was the last Prince of The Church and the last True Successor of St. Peter. I thank you for this video and I know he would be thanking you too. He was my Grandfather's Great Uncle.

Dr.G.G.3

[thingsforfun]

I love Papa pio

[valhalla973]

Vivat S Pio xII !