And the day after that Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli quietly entrained for Naples, boarded the Conte di Savoia, tacitly acknowledged that he was bound for the U. S. Although in years past Cardinal ...

It also captured the interest of men of faith, including Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Vatican Secretary of State. Cardinal Pacelli was Secretary of State to Pope Pius XI from 1930 to 1939. In 1936, he ...

In deep emotion Cardinal Pacelli cried: “Holy Father, give us your blessing!” In an agony of effort, while the others wept, the Pope summoned his strength to make this last, supreme gesture.

In 1939, as the storm clouds of war prepared to unleash their fury, the cardinals turned to the church's most seasoned diplomat, the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli.

By Jed Nelson There are moments in history that are so important, so joyful or tragic that we remember exactly where we were or what we were doing when the news was broken to us. The moment the TV ...

Der Angriff, organ of Reichsminister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, warned on Feb. 22 that “Cardinal Pacelli’s policy would lead to a crusade against the totalitarian states” and declared ...