Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Venerable Pope Pius XII. Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli was born on 2 March 1876. He reigned as the 260th pope, the human head of the Roman Catholic Church, from March 2, 1939 until his death in 1958. He was well known throughout his life for his theological writings and for his personal holiness. He was greatly devoted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It was Pope Pius XII who declared the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. The doctrine was dogmatically and infallibly defined by His Holiness on 1 November 1950 in his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus. Also, It was Pope Pius XII who canonized both St. Maria Goretti and St. Dominic Savio. His ongoing canonization process progressed to the venerable stage on September 2, 2000, under Pope John Paul II.Thursday, October 9, 2008
Venerable Pope Pius XII
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Venerable Pope Pius XII. Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli was born on 2 March 1876. He reigned as the 260th pope, the human head of the Roman Catholic Church, from March 2, 1939 until his death in 1958. He was well known throughout his life for his theological writings and for his personal holiness. He was greatly devoted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It was Pope Pius XII who declared the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. The doctrine was dogmatically and infallibly defined by His Holiness on 1 November 1950 in his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus. Also, It was Pope Pius XII who canonized both St. Maria Goretti and St. Dominic Savio. His ongoing canonization process progressed to the venerable stage on September 2, 2000, under Pope John Paul II.
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