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Pope Pius XII

The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....

Timeline of Events

1933

7.20.1933

Vice-Chancellor of Germany Franz von Papen and Vatican Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli sign a concordat on behalf of their respective nations.

1939

3.2.1939

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.

12.24.1939

World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

1941

1.25.1941

Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.

1950

11.1.1950

Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

1958

2.17.1958

Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193