9 October 2009 - Pius XII died 51 years ago

The 51^th Anniversary of the death of His Holiness Pope Pius XII of holy memory occurs on 9 October 2009. He was undoubtedly the greatest Pope of the 20^th century.
In life he was the succour and protector of the Jews. In death he is hated and wickedly maligned by that perfidious race. ‘O generatio infidelis et perversa.’ Lc. 9:xli.

Deus, qui inter summos Sacerdotes famulum tuum Pium ineffabili tua dispositione connumerari voluisti, praesta quaesimus, ut qui unigeniti Filii tui vices in terris gerebat, sanctorum tuorum Pontificium consorio perpetuo aggregetur. Per eumdem Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus: per omnia sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

O God who by thine ineffable providence wast pleased to number Thy servant Pius amongst the sovereign pontiffs; grant, we beseech Thee, the he who reigned as the vicar of Thy Son on earth, may be joined in fellowship with Thy holy pontiffs for evermore. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

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Pope Pius XII