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(82,333 posts)Chapter V
HE ORGANIZES THE PLOT IN SOUTH AMERICA
Pacelli-Pius was rightly selected for the Papacy as the ablest cardinal in the Church of Rome. That does not imply genius. Half of these cardinals would not successfully run a large grocery store. Pacelli has considerable ability. He is also the most widely- informed cardinal on the world-situation. His immediate predecessors were of the type that asks: What are Keats? Even Leo XIII was amazingly duped by his Vatican 'specialists' about the state of affairs in England -- they persuaded him that if he recognized the validity of Anglican "orders" the whole Church of England would join up under the Papal banner -- in France, and elsewhere. Pacelli has travelled more than any. Besides spending twelve years in Germany he has made three visits to England, travelled all over North and South America, and visited France, Hungary, and other countries.
http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/joseph_mccabe/big_blue_books/book_02.html#5
Et cetera.
Although, admittedly, it lacks the depth of "The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk".
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~traister/hughes.html