According to The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (V8.01) under Pius XII, "Wishing to preserve Vatican neutrality, fearing reprisals, and realizing his impotence to stop the Holocaust, Pius ...

Military reverses forced Napoleon to release the Pope, and on May 24th 1814, Pius VII returned in triumph to Rome. Twelve months later, the Pope decreed that the feast of Mary Help of Christians ...

The emperor penguin's decrease in colonies comes from habitat loss. With melting "fast ice" — or sea ice connected to the Antarctic coast, where young penguin chicks remain until they grow their adult ...

Farewell, 301. Pius XI (1923-1939) — ATHEISTIC TOTALITARIANISM . . . 305-359 Peace Efforts of Benedict XV, 305; Early Career of Achille Ratti, 312; Prefect of the Ambrosian Library, 315; Diplomatic ...