Mount Carmel High School - El Conquistador Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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is clfolinssa . .930 5 gbius DC ff carly on the morning of October 9, 1958, Eugenio Pacelli answered the call of the One to whom he had dedi- cated his life. With his death, the world lost one of the greatest and most beloved men of our Times - Pope Pius XII. Eugenio Pacelli was born on March 2, 1876, in Rome. His parents, Fillipe and Virginia Pacelli, were of the nobility and had an impressive record of service to the Vatican. At the age of four, Eugenio entered the school of the Sisters of Divine Providence near his home. From the begin- ning he distingushed himself as a brilliant student. Though frail, the future Pope had an intrepid spirit and was very athletic. Although his early education had been pointed toward law, at the age of eighteen Eugenio decided to enter the priesthood. With his parents' blessing he entered Caprancia College in Rome to begin his ecclesiastical studies. Five years later Eugenio realized his vocation and was ordained to the priesthood on April 2, 1899. Indeed the studious boy had grown into a gentle, keen, modest man, untiring in his work, with a personality that was to endear him all his life to those who knew him. Rapidly he rose in the Vatican Secretariat. In 1905 he was appointed a monsignor. Following the First World War the future.Pope was appointed nuncio of the newly established Papal unciature of Berlin. He gained immense popularity during his residence in Berlin. It was as secretary of state that Cardinal Pacelli began the travels for which he became famous and through his brilliant diplomacy secured for the Vatican innumerable friends. On February 10, 1939, Cardinal Pacelli announced the death of the Pope. Three weeks later he himself was elected to the office. Following Pius Xll's ascent to the throne of Peter, the world was thrown into a massive conflict culminating in the defeat of Nazism and Fascism. A bitter foe of Communism, Pius devoted much of the last half of his reign to a relentless struggle against its cruel and bloody tyranny. Truly Pius was a Pope of Peace whose entire life was devoted to the furtherance of peace through his personal motto, Peace, the Work of Justice.