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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Pius_XII_with_Monsignor_Montini.jpg/170px-Pius_XII_with_Monsignor_Montini.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Pius_XII_with_Monsignor_Montini.jpg/255px-Pius_XII_with_Monsignor_Montini.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Pius_XII_with_Monsignor_Montini.jpg/340px-Pius_XII_with_Monsignor_Montini.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1468" data-file-height="1767" /></a><figcaption>Pope Pius XII in his private office. Behind him is <a href="/wiki/Monsignor" title="Monsignor">Monsignor</a> Giovanni Battista Montini, the future <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a></figcaption></figure> <p>This is a <b>list of encyclicals of Pope Pius XII</b>. <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pius XII</a> promulgated 41 papal <a href="/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">encyclicals</a>, during his reign as <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a> for over 19 years, from his election of March 2, 1939, until his death on October 9, 1958. The 41 encyclicals of Pius XII exceed the 32 encyclicals written by all his successors (<a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII" title="Pope John XXIII">John XXIII</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Paul VI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I" title="Pope John Paul I">John Paul I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">John Paul II</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Benedict XVI</a>) during the fifty years that followed (1958–2008). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_encyclicals_of_Pius_XII">The encyclicals of Pius XII</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_encyclicals_of_Pope_Pius_XII&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The encyclicals of Pius XII"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">No. </th> <th colspan="2">Title </th> <th rowspan="2">Subject </th> <th rowspan="2">Date </th> <th rowspan="2">Text </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th> <th>English translation </th></tr> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Summi_Pontificatus" title="Summi Pontificatus">Summi Pontificatus</a></i></td> <td>"On the Supreme Pontificate"</td> <td>On the Unity of Human Society</td> <td>October 20, 1939</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_20101939_summi-pontificatus_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sertum_laetitiae" title="Sertum laetitiae">Sertum laetitiae</a></i></td> <td>"The Crown of Joy"</td> <td>On the Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in the United States">hierarchy in the United States</a></td> <td>November 1, 1939</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_01111939_sertum-laetitiae_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saeculo_exeunte" title="Saeculo exeunte">Saeculo exeunte</a></i></td> <td></td> <td>On the Eighth Century of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Portugal" title="History of Portugal">Independence of Portugal</a></td> <td>June 13, 1940</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_13061940_saeculo-exeunte-octavo_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mystici_corporis_Christi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mystici corporis Christi">Mystici corporis Christi</a></i></td> <td>"On the Mystical <a href="/wiki/Body_of_Christ" title="Body of Christ">Body of Christ</a>"</td> <td>On the Mystical <a href="/wiki/Body_of_Christ" title="Body of Christ">Body of Christ</a> and the Church</td> <td>June 29, 1943</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_29061943_mystici-corporis-christi_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Divino_afflante_Spiritu" title="Divino afflante Spiritu">Divino afflante Spiritu</a></i></td> <td>"Inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Divine Spirit</a>"</td> <td>On <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Sacred Scripture</a></td> <td>September 30, 1943</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_30091943_divino-afflante-spiritu_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Orientalis_Ecclesiae" title="Orientalis Ecclesiae">Orientalis Ecclesiae</a></i></td> <td>"Of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Church">Eastern Church</a>"</td> <td>On <a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria" title="Cyril of Alexandria">St. Cyril</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patriarch_of_Alexandria" title="Patriarch of Alexandria">Patriarch of Alexandria</a></td> <td>April 9, 1944</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_09041944_orientalis-ecclesiae_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Communium_interpretes_dolorum" title="Communium interpretes dolorum">Communium interpretes dolorum</a></i></td> <td>"Interpreter of the universal anguish"</td> <td>On Ending the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a></td> <td>April 15, 1945</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_15041945_communium-interpretes-dolorum_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Orientales_omnes_Ecclesias" title="Orientales omnes Ecclesias">Orientales omnes Ecclesias</a></i></td> <td>"All the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Church">Eastern Churches</a>"</td> <td>On the 350th Anniversary of Reunion of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church">Ruthenian Church</a> with Rome</td> <td>December 23, 1945</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_23121945_orientales-omnes-ecclesias_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Quemadmodum" title="Quemadmodum">Quemadmodum</a></i></td> <td></td> <td>On Pleading for Care for the World's Destitute Children</td> <td>January 6, 1946</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_06011946_quemadmodum_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Deiparae_Virginis_Mariae" title="Deiparae Virginis Mariae">Deiparae Virginis Mariae</a></i></td> <td>"Of the <a href="/wiki/Blessed_Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed Virgin Mary">Blessed Virgin Mary</a>"</td> <td>Should We Define the <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption</a>?</td> <td>May 1, 1946</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_01051946_deiparae-virginis-mariae_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fulgens_radiatur" title="Fulgens radiatur">Fulgens radiatur</a></i></td> <td>"The radiant light"</td> <td>On the Brilliant Light of <a href="/wiki/Benedict_of_Nursia" title="Benedict of Nursia">Saint Benedict</a></td> <td>March 21, 1947</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_21031947_fulgens-radiatur_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mediator_Dei" title="Mediator Dei">Mediator Dei</a></i></td> <td>"Mediator of God"</td> <td>On the Sacred <a href="/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">Liturgy</a></td> <td>November 20, 1947</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_20111947_mediator-dei_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Optatissima_pax" title="Optatissima pax">Optatissima pax</a></i></td> <td>"Longed-for peace"</td> <td>On Prescribing Public Prayers for Social and <a href="/wiki/World_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="World Peace">World Peace</a></td> <td>December 18, 1947</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_18121947_optatissima-pax_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Auspicia_quaedam" title="Auspicia quaedam">Auspicia quaedam</a></i></td> <td></td> <td>Prayers for <a href="/wiki/World_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="World Peace">World Peace</a> and the Solution Of The <a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict" title="Arab–Israeli conflict">Problems Of Palestine</a></td> <td>May 1, 1948</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_01051948_auspicia-quaedam_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/In_multiplicibus_curis" title="In multiplicibus curis">In multiplicibus curis</a></i></td> <td>"Among the multiple preoccupations"</td> <td>On Prayers for Peace in <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a></td> <td>October 24, 1948</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_24101948_in-multiplicibus-curis_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Redemptoris_nostri_cruciatus" title="Redemptoris nostri cruciatus">Redemptoris nostri cruciatus</a></i></td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Passion_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passion (Christianity)">The Passion</a> of Our Redeemer"</td> <td>On Holy Places in Palestine</td> <td>April 15, 1949</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_15041949_redemptoris-nostri-cruciatus_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Anni_sacri" title="Anni sacri">Anni sacri</a></i></td> <td>"On the <a href="/wiki/Jubilee_(Christian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jubilee (Christian)">Holy Year</a>"</td> <td>On a Program For Combating <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">Atheistic</a> Propaganda Throughout The World</td> <td>March 12, 1950</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12031950_anni-sacri_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Summi_maeroris" title="Summi maeroris">Summi maeroris</a></i></td> <td>"With the deepest sorrow"</td> <td>On a Call for Public Prayers for Peace</td> <td>July 19, 1950</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_19071950_summi-maeroris_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Humani_generis" title="Humani generis">Humani generis</a></i></td> <td>"On Human Origin"</td> <td>Concerning Some <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">False Opinions</a> Threatening to Undermine the Foundations of <a href="/wiki/Evolution_and_the_Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolution and the Roman Catholic Church">Catholic Doctrine</a></td> <td>August 12, 1950</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mirabile_illud" title="Mirabile illud">Mirabile illud</a></i></td> <td>"That admirable"</td> <td>On a Crusade for Prayers for Peace</td> <td>December 6, 1950</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_06121950_mirabile-illud_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Evangelii_praecones" title="Evangelii praecones">Evangelii praecones</a></i></td> <td>"Toiling missionaries"</td> <td>On the Promotion of <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Missions" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Missions">Catholic Missions</a></td> <td>June 2, 1951</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_02061951_evangelii-praecones_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sempiternus_Rex_Christus" class="mw-redirect" title="Sempiternus Rex Christus">Sempiternus Rex Christus</a></i></td> <td>"Christ, the Eternal King"</td> <td>On the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a></td> <td>September 8, 1951</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_08091951_sempiternus-rex-christus_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ingruentium_malorum" title="Ingruentium malorum">Ingruentium malorum</a></i></td> <td>"Approaching evil"</td> <td>On <a href="/wiki/Rosary" title="Rosary">Reciting the Rosary</a></td> <td>September 15, 1951</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_15091951_ingruentium-malorum_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Orientales_Ecclesias" title="Orientales Ecclesias">Orientales Ecclesias</a></i></td> <td>"The Oriental Churches"</td> <td>On The Persecuted Eastern Church and describing the hopeless situation of the faithful in <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></td> <td>December 15, 1952</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ewtn.com/library/encyc/p12eccle.htm"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Mellifluus" title="Doctor Mellifluus">Doctor Mellifluus</a></i></td> <td>"Sweet Doctor"</td> <td>On St. <a href="/wiki/Bernard_of_Clairvaux" title="Bernard of Clairvaux">Bernard of Clairvaux</a>, Last of the <a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Fathers</a></td> <td>May 24, 1953</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_24051953_doctor-mellifluus_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fulgens_corona" title="Fulgens corona">Fulgens corona</a></i></td> <td>"The radiant crown"</td> <td>Proclaiming a <a href="/wiki/Blessed_Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed Virgin Mary">Marian Year</a> to Commemorate the <a href="/wiki/Centennial" title="Centennial">Centenary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception#Dogmatic_definition" title="Immaculate Conception">Definition of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception</a></td> <td>September 8, 1953</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_08091953_fulgens-corona_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27.</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacra_virginitas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sacra virginitas (page does not exist)">Sacra virginitas</a></i></td> <td>"On Holy <a href="/wiki/Virginity" title="Virginity">Virginity</a>"</td> <td>On Consecrated <a href="/wiki/Virginity" title="Virginity">Virginity</a></td> <td>March 25, 1954</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_25031954_sacra-virginitas_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28.</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ecclesiae_fastos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ecclesiae fastos (page does not exist)">Ecclesiae fastos</a></i></td> <td>"History of the Church"</td> <td>On <a href="/wiki/Saint_Boniface" title="Saint Boniface">Saint Boniface</a></td> <td>June 5, 1954</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_05061954_ecclesiae-fastos_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ad_Sinarum_gentem" title="Ad Sinarum gentem">Ad Sinarum gentem</a></i></td> <td>"To the Chinese people"</td> <td>On the <a href="/wiki/Supranationalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Supranationalism">Supranationality</a> of the Church</td> <td>October 7, 1954</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_07101954_ad-sinarum-gentem_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ad_Caeli_Reginam" title="Ad Caeli Reginam">Ad Caeli Reginam</a></i></td> <td>"To the Queen of Heaven"</td> <td>On Proclaiming the <a href="/wiki/Blessed_Virgin_Mary#Co-Redemptrix" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed Virgin Mary">Queenship of Mary</a></td> <td>October 11, 1954</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_11101954_ad-caeli-reginam_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Musicae_sacrae" class="mw-redirect" title="Musicae sacrae">Musicae sacrae</a></i></td> <td>"Of Sacred Music"</td> <td>On <a href="/wiki/Christian_music" title="Christian music">Sacred Music</a></td> <td>December 25, 1955</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_25121955_musicae-sacrae_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>32.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Haurietis_aquas" title="Haurietis aquas">Haurietis aquas</a></i></td> <td>"You shall draw waters"</td> <td>On Devotion to the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart" title="Sacred Heart">Sacred Heart</a></td> <td>May 15, 1956</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_15051956_haurietis-aquas_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>33.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Luctuosissimi_eventus" title="Luctuosissimi eventus">Luctuosissimi eventus</a></i></td> <td>"Sorrowful events"</td> <td>Urging Public Prayers for <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956" title="Hungarian Revolution of 1956">Peace and Freedom for the People of Hungary</a></td> <td>October 28, 1956</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_28101956_luctuosissimi-eventus_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>34.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Laetamur_admodum" title="Laetamur admodum">Laetamur admodum</a></i></td> <td>"We are most pleased"</td> <td>Renewing Exhortation for Prayers for Peace in <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84_1956_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="Poznań 1956 protests">Poland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956" title="Hungarian Revolution of 1956">Hungary</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a></td> <td>November 1, 1956</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_01111956_laetamur-admodum_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>35.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Datis_nuperrime" title="Datis nuperrime">Datis nuperrime</a></i></td> <td>"In the recent encyclical"</td> <td>Lamenting the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956" title="Hungarian Revolution of 1956">Sorrowful Events in Hungary</a>, and Condemning the Ruthless Use of Force</td> <td>November 5, 1956</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_05111956_datis-nuperrime_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>36.</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fidei_donum_(encyclical)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fidei donum (encyclical) (page does not exist)">Fidei donum</a></i></td> <td>"The gift of faith"</td> <td>On the Present Condition of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Missions#Catholic_missions" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Missions">Catholic Missions</a>, especially in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a></td> <td>April 21, 1957</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_21041957_fidei-donum_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>37.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Invicti_athletae" title="Invicti athletae">Invicti athletae</a></i></td> <td>"Of the unconquered athlete"</td> <td>On St. <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bobola" title="Andrew Bobola">Andrew Bobola</a></td> <td>May 16, 1957</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_16051957_invicti-athletae_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>38.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Le_p%C3%A8lerinage_de_Lourdes" title="Le pèlerinage de Lourdes">Le pèlerinage de Lourdes</a></i></td> <td>"Of the pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Lourdes" title="Lourdes">Lourdes</a>"</td> <td>Warning Against <a href="/wiki/Materialism" title="Materialism">Materialism</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Centennial" title="Centennial">Centenary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Lourdes" title="Our Lady of Lourdes">Apparitions at Lourdes</a></td> <td>July 2, 1957</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_02071957_le-pelerinage-de-lourdes_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>39.</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miranda_prorsus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miranda prorsus (page does not exist)">Miranda prorsus</a></i></td> <td></td> <td>On the <a href="/wiki/Communication" title="Communication">Communications Fields</a>: <a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">Motion Pictures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">Radio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">Television</a></td> <td>September 8, 1957</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_08091957_miranda-prorsus_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>40.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ad_Apostolorum_principis" title="Ad Apostolorum principis">Ad Apostolorum principis</a></i></td> <td>"At the <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_the_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of the Apostles">Prince of the Apostles</a>"</td> <td>On <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Catholicism_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism in China">Church in China</a></td> <td>June 29, 1958</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_29061958_ad-apostolorum-principis_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>41.</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Meminisse_iuvat" title="Meminisse iuvat">Meminisse iuvat</a></i></td> <td>"It is helpful to recall"</td> <td>On Prayers for the Persecuted Church</td> <td>July 14, 1958</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_14071958_meminisse-iuvat_en.html"><small><b>(English)</b></small></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_encyclicals_of_Pope_Pius_XII&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An encyclical (from <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <i>encyclia</i>, from the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> "en kyklo, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ἐν κύκλῳ</span></span>", meaning "general" or "encircling") was a <a href="/wiki/Flyer_(pamphlet)" title="Flyer (pamphlet)">circular</a> letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Christian church. For the modern Roman Catholic Church, a Papal Encyclical, in the strictest sense, is a letter sent by the pope which is explicitly addressed to Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishops</a> of a particular area or to the world, usually treating some aspect of Catholic <a href="/wiki/Doctrine" title="Doctrine">doctrine</a>. A Papal Encyclical is generally used for significant issues, and is second in importance only to the highest-ranking document now issued by popes, an <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Constitution">Apostolic Constitution</a>. </p><p>The title of a Papal Encyclical is usually taken from its <a href="/wiki/Incipit" title="Incipit">first few words</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="View_of_Pope_Pius_XII">View of Pope Pius XII</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_encyclicals_of_Pope_Pius_XII&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: View of Pope Pius XII"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> held that papal encyclicals, even when they are not <a href="/wiki/Papal_infallibility" title="Papal infallibility"><i>ex cathedra</i></a>, can nonetheless be sufficiently authoritative to end theological debate on a particular question. He wrote in <i>Humani generis</i>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It is not to be thought that what is set down in Encyclical letters does not demand assent in itself, because in this the popes do not exercise the supreme power of their magisterium. For these matters are taught by the ordinary magisterium, regarding which the following is pertinent: “He who heareth you, heareth Me.” (Luke 10:16); and usually what is set forth and inculcated in Encyclical Letters, already pertains to Catholic doctrine. But if the Supreme Pontiffs in their acts, after due consideration, express an opinion on a hitherto controversial matter, it is clear to all that this matter, according to the mind and will of the same Pontiffs, cannot any longer be considered a question of free discussion among theologians.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_use_of_encyclicals_by_Pius_XII">The use of encyclicals by Pius XII</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_encyclicals_of_Pope_Pius_XII&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The use of encyclicals by Pius XII"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">Encyclicals</a> indicate high <a href="/wiki/Papal" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal">Papal</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/priority" class="extiw" title="wikt:priority">priority</a> for an issue at a given time. Only pontiffs define when, and under which circumstances encyclicals should be issued. They may choose to issue an <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_constitution" title="Apostolic constitution">apostolic constitution</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papal_bull" title="Papal bull">bull</a>, encyclical, <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_letter#Letters_of_the_popes_in_modern_times" title="Ecclesiastical letter">apostolic letter</a> or give a papal <a href="/wiki/Speech" title="Speech">speech</a>. Pontiffs differ on the use of encyclicals. On the issue of <a href="/wiki/Birth_control" title="Birth control">birth control</a> and <a href="/wiki/Contraception" class="mw-redirect" title="Contraception">contraception</a>, for example, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI" title="Pope Pius XI">Pope Pius XI</a> issued the encyclical <i><a href="/wiki/Casti_connubii" title="Casti connubii">Casti connubii</a></i>, while <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> spoke to <a href="/wiki/Midwive" class="mw-redirect" title="Midwive">midwives</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Medical" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical">medical</a> profession when he clarified his position on the issue.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> published an encyclical <i><a href="/wiki/Humanae_vitae" title="Humanae vitae">Humanae vitae</a></i> on the same topic. On matters of <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">war</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">peace</a>, Pope Pius XII issued ten encyclicals, most of them after 1945, three of them (<i><a href="/wiki/Datis_nuperrime" title="Datis nuperrime">Datis nuperrime</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sertum_laetitiae" title="Sertum laetitiae">Sertum laetitiae</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Luctuosissimi_eventus" title="Luctuosissimi eventus">Luctuosissimi eventus</a></i>) protesting the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> invasion and crackdown of the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956" title="Hungarian Revolution of 1956">Hungarian revolution</a> in 1956. <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> spoke about the war in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>, issued his protest against the war in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> in speeches. On social issues, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Pope Leo XIII</a> promulgated <i><a href="/wiki/Rerum_novarum" title="Rerum novarum">Rerum novarum</a></i>, followed by <i><a href="/wiki/Quadragesimo_anno" title="Quadragesimo anno">Quadragesimo anno</a></i> by Pius XI, and <i><a href="/wiki/Centesimus_annus" title="Centesimus annus">Centesimus annus</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John Paul II</a>. Pius XII spoke on the same topic to a <a href="/wiki/Papal_consistory" title="Papal consistory">consistory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">cardinals</a> in his Christmas messages and to numerous academic and professional associations.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Magisterium" title="Magisterium">magisterium</a> of Pius XII is therefore significantly larger than the below listed 41 encyclicals. Most of the detailed teachings are in his papal speeches on specific topics such as: </p> <ul><li>Conscience, guilt and fair punishment,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ethics of psychological research,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Farmers,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Fashion Industry,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Formation of conscience,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Genetic research,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Human dignity,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Medical doctors and the use of weapons,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Military medical research,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_encyclicals_of_Pope_Pius_XII&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Acta Apostolicae Sedis, (AAS) 1951, 835, AAS 1958, 90, AAS 1941, 40, AAS 1952, 258</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Allocution to the Cardinals AAS 1946, 141, and, AAS 1952, 5, AAS 1955, 15;</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AAS, 1955, 60,</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AAS 1958, 268,</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AAS 1950, 251</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AAS 1957</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AA", 1952, 270</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AAS 1953, 666</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AAS 1951, 215</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AAS 1954, 587</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AAS 1953, 744</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span 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.navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Pope_Pius_XII" title="Template:Pope Pius XII"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Pope_Pius_XII" title="Template talk:Pope Pius XII"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Pope_Pius_XII" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Pope Pius XII"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Pope_Pius_XII" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:gold"><div>Born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958<br /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> (1939–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camerlengo" title="Camerlengo">Camerlengo</a> (1935–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Secretary_of_State" title="Cardinal Secretary of State">Cardinal Secretary of State</a> (1930–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archpriest" title="Archpriest">Archpriest</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Peter's Basilica">Saint Peter's Basilica</a> (1930–1939)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Biography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_life_of_Pope_Pius_XII" title="Early life of Pope Pius XII">Early life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nunciature_of_Eugenio_Pacelli" title="Nunciature of Eugenio Pacelli">Nunciature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugenio_Pacelli%27s_1936_visit_to_the_United_States" title="Eugenio Pacelli's 1936 visit to the United States">US visit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave,_1939" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal conclave, 1939">Election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_years_of_Pope_Pius_XII" title="Late years of Pope Pius XII">Later years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Pope_Pius_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Pope Pius XII">Illness and death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Pope_Pius_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="Testament of Pope Pius XII">Testament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canonization_of_Pope_Pius_XII" title="Canonization of Pope Pius XII">Canonization</a></li> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C_o_a_Pius_XII.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/C_o_a_Pius_XII.svg/75px-C_o_a_Pius_XII.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/C_o_a_Pius_XII.svg/113px-C_o_a_Pius_XII.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/C_o_a_Pius_XII.svg/150px-C_o_a_Pius_XII.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="1297" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Encyclicals in<br />chronological<br />order</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Summi_Pontificatus" title="Summi Pontificatus">Summi Pontificatus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sertum_laetitiae" title="Sertum laetitiae">Sertum laetitiae</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saeculo_exeunte" title="Saeculo exeunte">Saeculo exeunte</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystici_Corporis_Christi" title="Mystici Corporis Christi">Mystici Corporis Christi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Divino_afflante_Spiritu" title="Divino afflante Spiritu">Divino afflante Spiritu</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orientalis_Ecclesiae" title="Orientalis Ecclesiae">Orientalis Ecclesiae</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Communium_interpretes_dolorum" title="Communium interpretes dolorum">Communium interpretes dolorum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orientales_omnes_Ecclesias" title="Orientales omnes Ecclesias">Orientales omnes Ecclesias</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quemadmodum" title="Quemadmodum">Quemadmodum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deiparae_Virginis_Mariae" title="Deiparae Virginis Mariae">Deiparae Virginis Mariae</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fulgens_radiatur" title="Fulgens radiatur">Fulgens radiatur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mediator_Dei" title="Mediator Dei">Mediator Dei</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Optatissima_pax" title="Optatissima pax">Optatissima pax</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Auspicia_quaedam" title="Auspicia quaedam">Auspicia quaedam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_multiplicibus_curis" title="In multiplicibus curis">In multiplicibus curis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Redemptoris_nostri_cruciatus" title="Redemptoris nostri cruciatus">Redemptoris nostri cruciatus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anni_sacri" title="Anni sacri">Anni sacri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Summi_maeroris" title="Summi maeroris">Summi maeroris</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Humani_generis" title="Humani generis">Humani generis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mirabile_illud" title="Mirabile illud">Mirabile illud</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evangelii_praecones" title="Evangelii praecones">Evangelii praecones</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sempiternus_Rex_Christus" class="mw-redirect" title="Sempiternus Rex Christus">Sempiternus Rex Christus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ingruentium_malorum" title="Ingruentium malorum">Ingruentium malorum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orientales_Ecclesias" title="Orientales Ecclesias">Orientales Ecclesias</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Mellifluus" title="Doctor Mellifluus">Doctor Mellifluus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fulgens_corona" title="Fulgens corona">Fulgens corona</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacra_virginitas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sacra virginitas (page does not exist)">Sacra virginitas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ecclesiae_fastos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ecclesiae fastos (page does not exist)">Ecclesiae fastos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ad_Sinarum_gentem" title="Ad Sinarum gentem">Ad Sinarum gentem</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ad_Caeli_Reginam" title="Ad Caeli Reginam">Ad Caeli Reginam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Musicae_sacrae" class="mw-redirect" title="Musicae sacrae">Musicae sacrae</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Haurietis_aquas" title="Haurietis aquas">Haurietis aquas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Luctuosissimi_eventus" title="Luctuosissimi eventus">Luctuosissimi eventus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laetamur_admodum" title="Laetamur admodum">Laetamur admodum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Datis_nuperrime" title="Datis nuperrime">Datis nuperrime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fidei_donum" class="mw-redirect" title="Fidei donum">Fidei donum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Invicti_athletae" title="Invicti athletae">Invicti athletae</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_p%C3%A8lerinage_de_Lourdes" title="Le pèlerinage de Lourdes">Le pèlerinage de Lourdes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miranda_prorsus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miranda prorsus (page does not exist)">Miranda prorsus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ad_Apostolorum_principis" title="Ad Apostolorum principis">Ad Apostolorum principis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meminisse_iuvat" title="Meminisse iuvat">Meminisse iuvat</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican City in World War II">World War II</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_and_the_Holocaust" title="Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust">The Holocaust</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_statements_of_Pope_Pius_XII_on_the_Holocaust" title="Public statements of Pope Pius XII on the Holocaust">statements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conversion_of_Jews_to_Catholicism_during_the_Holocaust" title="Conversion of Jews to Catholicism during the Holocaust">conversion of Jews</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_persecution_of_the_Catholic_Church_in_Germany" title="Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Germany">Persecution of Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pius_XII_and_the_German_Resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Pius XII and the German Resistance">German Resistance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_euthanasia_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Nazi euthanasia and the Catholic Church">Nazi euthanasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_resistance_to_Nazi_Germany" title="Catholic resistance to Nazi Germany">Catholic Resistance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_and_the_Roman_razzia" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Pius XII and the Roman razzia">Roman razzia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reorganization_of_occupied_dioceses_during_World_War_II" title="Reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II">Occupied dioceses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_clergy_involvement_with_the_Usta%C5%A1e" title="Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše">Ustaše involvement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_orphans_controversy" title="Jewish orphans controversy">Jewish orphans controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontificia_Commissione_di_Assistenza" title="Pontificia Commissione di Assistenza">Pontifical Relief Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII%27s_1942_Christmas_address" title="Pope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address">1942 Christmas address</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleged_plot_to_kidnap_Pope_Pius_XII" title="Alleged plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII">Alleged kidnapping plot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_and_Yad_Vashem" title="Pope Pius XII and Yad Vashem">Yad Vashem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Rome_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Rome in World War II">Bombing of Rome</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Pope_Pius_XII" title="Foreign relations of Pope Pius XII">Foreign relations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Nazi_Germany" title="Catholic Church and Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Reichskonkordat" title="Reichskonkordat">Reichskonkordat</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_foreign_relations_after_World_War_II" title="Pope Pius XII foreign relations after World War II">Post–World War II</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)" title="Ratlines (World War II)">Ratlines</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecutions_of_the_Catholic_Church_and_Pius_XII" title="Persecutions of the Catholic Church and Pius XII">Persecutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_and_China" title="Pope Pius XII and China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_and_Poland" title="Pope Pius XII and Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_and_Russia" title="Pope Pius XII and Russia">Russia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Theology_of_Pope_Pius_XII" title="Theology of Pope Pius XII">Theology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Social_teachings_of_Pope_Pius_XII" title="Social teachings of Pope Pius XII">Social teachings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_Pope_Pius_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariology of Pope Pius XII">Mariology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_and_Judaism" title="Pope Pius XII and Judaism">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgical_reforms_of_Pope_Pius_XII" title="Liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII">Liturgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_canonical_reforms_of_Pius_XII" title="Eastern canonical reforms of Pius XII">Eastern canon law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_saints_canonized_by_Pope_Pius_XII" title="List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XII">Canonizations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatifications_of_Pope_Pius_XII" title="Beatifications of Pope Pius XII">Beatifications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_1942_consecration_to_the_Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary" title="Pope Pius XII 1942 consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary">Fátima and Balazar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Writings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_apostolic_constitutions_and_bulls" title="Pope Pius XII apostolic constitutions and bulls">Apostolic constitutions and bulls</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Encyclicals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_apostolic_writings" title="Pope Pius XII apostolic writings">Apostolic writings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magisterium_of_Pius_XII" title="Magisterium of Pius XII">Magisterium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Appointments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Tisserant" title="Eugène Tisserant">Tisserant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Maglione" title="Luigi Maglione">Maglione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Montini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domenico_Tardini" title="Domenico Tardini">Tardini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Orsenigo" title="Cesare Orsenigo">Orsenigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aloisius_Joseph_Muench" title="Aloisius Joseph Muench">Muench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardinals_created_by_Pius_XII" title="Cardinals created by Pius XII">Cardinals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Pope_Pius_XII_advisers" title="Category:Pope Pius XII advisers">Advisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augustin_Bea" title="Augustin Bea">Bea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riccardo_Galeazzi-Lisi" title="Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi">Galeazzi-Lisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Kaas" title="Ludwig Kaas">Kaas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascalina_Lehnert" title="Pascalina Lehnert">Lehnert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Leiber" title="Robert Leiber">Leiber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernardino_Nogara" title="Bernardino Nogara">Nogara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Spellman" title="Francis Spellman">Spellman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raimondo_Spiazzi" title="Raimondo Spiazzi">Spiazzi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Works on Pius XII</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deputy" title="The Deputy">The Deputy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Popes_and_the_Jews" title="Three Popes and the Jews">Three Popes and the Jews</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Actes_et_documents_du_Saint_Si%C3%A8ge_relatifs_%C3%A0_la_Seconde_Guerre_Mondiale" title="Actes et documents du Saint Siège relatifs à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale">Actes et documents</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hitler%27s_Pope" title="Hitler's Pope">Hitler's Pope</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Catholic-Jewish_Historical_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="International Catholic-Jewish Historical Commission">International Catholic-Jewish Historical Commission</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Under_His_Very_Windows" title="Under His Very Windows">Under His Very Windows</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Myth_of_Hitler%27s_Pope" title="The Myth of Hitler's Pope">The Myth of Hitler's Pope</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pius_XII,_The_Holocaust,_and_the_Cold_War" title="Pius XII, The Holocaust, and the Cold War">Pius XII, The Holocaust, and the Cold War</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pope%27s_Jews" title="The Pope's Jews">The Pope's Jews</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pius_Wars" title="Pius Wars">Pius Wars</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" 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