Both Vatican bombings occurred while Rome was under German occupation. On November 5, 1943, a single plane dropped four bombs on the Vatican, destroying...

The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library...

(PDF). Vol. 7. p. 712. "Le cardinal Maglione au délégué apostolique A. Tokyo Marella. Vatican, 25 October 1943. Tél. nr. 305 (A.E.S. 7349/43)". Actes et...

of Italy when it was governed by the National Fascist Party from 1922 to 1943 with Benito Mussolini as prime minister and dictator. The Italian Fascists...

1876 – 9 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his...

Giuseppe Luigi Assemani, Vatican orientalist. Giuseppe Simone Assemani, titular archbishop of Tyre, librarian of the Vatican and an authority on oriental...

Government, Department of Defence (20 November 1943). "Operation KIRIBATI ASSIST - Department of Defence". Defence.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012...

in the Vatican itself. Gilbert wrote that, in October 1943, with the SS occupying Rome and determined to deport the city's 5000 Jews, the Vatican clergy...

ecclesiology developed (or rehabilitated) at Vatican II. Corpus Mysticum: Essai sur L'Eucharistie et l’Église au moyen âge (Paris, 1944) English Translation:...

Dino Grandi and King Victor Emmanuel III during the spring and summer of 1943, culminating with a successful vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister...