The charity and work of Pope Pius XII during World War II so impressed the Chief Rabbi ... especially in his Christmas messages. His 1941 and 1942 Christmas messages were both translated and ...

The quickest conclave observing the 10-day wait rule appears to have been the 1503 election of Pope Julius II, who was elected ... 2005 on the fourth and Pope Pius XII won on the third in 1939.

White smoke, signalling a new pope has been elected ... Enea Silvio Piccolomini left a detailed memoir of his election as Pius II in 1458. In it he describes a process of negotiating, threatening ...