Religion: The Pope's Day

In Rome last week two dedicated men, each the irreconcilable adversary of the other, worked hard at their daily, history-making chores. One was Italy's Communist boss, Palmiro Togliatti (see FOREIGN NEWS). The other, here reported on by TIME Correspondent William Rospigliosi:

Eugenic Pacelli, Pius XII, Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of the City of the Vatican, rises punctually at...

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