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

Born: March 2, 1876, Rome, Italy

Died: October 9, 1958, Castel Gandolfo, Italy

Place of burial: Vatican Grotto

Full name: Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli

Siblings: Francesco Pacelli, Elisabetta Pacelli, Giuseppina Pacelli

Parents: Filippo Pacelli, Virginia Graziosi

Cardinal McGuigan, Representative of Pope Pius XII, welcomes the Pilgrims ( text of his speech)


The Holy Father's Radio Message of Hope at the 1947 Marian Congress in Ottawa


The United Stated of America and Pope Pius XII


My childhood memories of POPE PIUS XII defender of the Faith