Rare Prayer of the Pope for the Holy Year 1950 book.

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This is a no-reserve offering for a very rare and collectible embossed silver plate encased book with a message by Pope Pius XII for the Holy year 1950. The silver cover with clasp acts as a dust cover for the 20 page book. The book measures 1 3/4 inches by 1 1/2 inches and is 3/16 of an inch thick. The inside back cover of the book has a color photo of Pope Pius XII. Pope Pius XII ( Latin : Pius PP. XII ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli ( March 2 , 1876 âe" October 9 , 1958 ), reigned as the 260th pope , the human head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City , from March 2 , 1939 until his death in 1958. Before election to the papacy, Pacelli served as secretary of the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs , papal nuncio and Cardinal Secretary of State , in which he worked to conclude treaties with European and Latin-American nations, most notably the Reichskonkordat with Germany . His leadership of the Catholic Church during World War II remains the subject of continued historical controversy. After the war, Pius XII contributed to the rebuilding of Europe , and advocated peace and reconciliation, including lenient policies toward vanquished nations and the unification of Europe . The Church, flourishing in the West , experienced severe persecution and mass deportations of Catholic read more

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