Articles on this issue "pius xi"
The opening of Vatican Secret Archives from the pontificate of Pope Pius XI may help historians to reevaluate the years preceding World War II. The archives, opened Sept. 18, include millions …
read moreBenedict XVI has authorized the opening of the Vatican archives for the pontificate of Pope Pius XI. The pontificate, which ran from 1922 to 1939, includes the events leading into World War …
read moreThe work of four people over four years will make possible the opening in 2006 of the voluminous Vatican archives relating to Pius XI's pontificate. The pontificate, which ran from 1922 to …
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