Monday, March 2, 2020

Pius Xll archives open on anniversary of his election

On this day in 1939 Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected pope and Pius XII begins his pontificate that lasts until 1958.

Is it a coincidence the archives on his pontificate will be unsealed, initially to a small number of scholars, on the anniversary of his election as pope.

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