Denver Catholic Register Thursday, Nov
. cn o i m --J o z ^ c I m o 33 T1 X) ■y' O' *»• m o oj X) < OJ r" vtl o ^ IT J>J o t o X3 On the W ay to Sainthood Vatican City — The words and example of newspaper. “ How one humble man in four Popes Plus X II and John X X III would strengthen shcrt years could have broken down what the Church’s spiritual renovation, Pope Paul VI seemed formidable barriers . in a said at the Ecumenical Council last week, telling During World War II, the Nazi regime’s treat plete ■ ► the more than 2,300 Fathers, and distinguished ment of the Jews roused much indignation, and ■ 9 visitors, that he had initiated the beatification Pope Pius X II was attacked, decades later, in a plete cause of his predecessors. play The Deputy, by German author Rolf Hoch- riage huth, produced here and in Europe last year. con- ' h PO PE PIUS XII, whose reign lasted 19 The play blamed the late Pontiff for not strongly take years, died on Oct. 9, 1958. His successor, Pope denouncing the murder of the Jews by the Nazis. John X X III, died on June 1963. life- t. Pope Paul served as Vatican sub-secretary AMONG DEFENDERS of Pope Pius XH was Cardinal Julius Doepfner of Munich and % of state, and later as pro-secretary of state for edu- ordinary affairs, and in 1954 Pope Pius made Freising, who said that anyone who judges his irim- V him Archbishop of Milan. tory objectively, must conclude that Pope Pius XII was right when, after consulting his con .
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