Pope Pius XII (r. 1939–1958) created 56 cardinals in two consistories. On both occasions Pius tried to bring the membership of the College of Cardinals to...

pontificate did Pius XII hold a consistory to create new cardinals, in contrast to Pius XI, who had done so 17 times in as many years. Pius XII chose not to...

affirmed he was close to Pfiffer. Leo XII issued at least 6 encyclicals during his reign. Cardinals created by Leo XII List of popes English: Hannibal Francis...

after a private meeting with Pius. Pius added two Italian cardinals on 23 May 1923. Pius created two Italian cardinals on 20 December 1923, both longtime...

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Pope Pius X (r. 1903–1914) created 50 cardinals in seven consistories. Twenty of them were Italians. He created 17 cardinals at four consistories in four...

The papacy of Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) began on 2 March 1939 and continued to 9 October 1958, covering the period of the Second World War and the Holocaust...

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Pope Pius VII (r. 1800–1823) created 99 cardinals in 19 consistories. Diego Innico Caracciolo Ercole Consalvi Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga Giuseppe...

surviving cardinal created by Pius XII. The cardinal was a leading liberal force at the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). With the assistance of Cardinals Antonio...

the cardinals created by Gregory XII, thus satisfying the Corraro clan, and appointed Gregory XII Bishop of Frascati, Dean of the College of Cardinals and...

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1777 Pius VI created two cardinals in pectore and lived another 22 years without publishing their names. In the course of 23 years, Pius VII created twelve...

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exception to the rule. Every Renaissance pope who created cardinals appointed a relative to the College of Cardinals, and the nephew was the most common choice...

bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1932 to 1939. He was created a cardinal by Pius XII in 1946. Francis Spellman was born on May 4, 1889, in Whitman...

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Masella was created Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of 18 February 1946. He was promoted to Cardinal Bishop...

occurred during the Papacy of Pius XII (1939-1958). The Vatican recognized Chinese rites in 1939, elevated the first Chinese cardinal in 1946, and established...

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accompanied Archbishop Samuel Stritch to Rome when the latter was created cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1946, and purchased the red hat Stritch received in the...

Nazi-era Catholics Popes Pius XI (1922–1939) and Pius XII (1939–1958) led the Catholic Church during the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. Around a third...

Pope Pius IV (r. 1559–1565) created 46 cardinals in four consistories: Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni, nephew of the Pope, bishop of Foligno – cardinal-priest...

lives of people, a Pope could not. De Jong was created Cardinal Priest of S. Clemente by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of February 18, 1946, but could...

of Pope Pius XII, in Pio XII Discorsi Ai Medici and went on to champion his cause for canonization. Angelini was appointed bishop by Pius XII in 1956...

Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, who would become Pope Pius IX. The pope also created six additional cardinals in pectore, though the pope died before these names...

Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the pope and typically hold the title for life. Collectively, they constitute the College of Cardinals. The most solemn...

reputed to have wanted Bishop Bernard James Sheil instead. Pius XII created him Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura in the consistory of February...

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1987, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953. A protege of Pope Pius XII, he took part in the Second Vatican Council, and was at one point considered...