This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Montini Named Heir to the Papal Throne at Milan
Giovanni Battista Montini, long an influential Vatican official, is named Archbishop of Milan and considered a strong candidate to succeed Pope John XXIII. Born near Brescia, he rose through the Vatican Secretariat of State, earning a reputation for anti communist stance and administrative efficiency. The move places a wary spotlight on a cleric who has navigated pressure from leftist groups and industrial Milan’s boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uatted Presa International
Communist Party
Giovanni Battista “Cardinal Montini
Milan
Cardinal Montini
John XXII
St. Peter
John
Pope Pius XI
Pope John
Valifall Secretariat
Giorgio, Montini
Brescia
Ti Cittadino
the Citizen
Giudilla Alglisi
Montini
Tudivica
Francesca
Brescia Hospital
Giovanni Lattista
Cesare Arici
Cristo Re
Christ the King
la Fiema
the Sling
Giovanni Battista Montini
Church of the Graces
Rome
Meelesiastis Academy
Vatican Secretariat, of State
Federation of University Catholics
Ie Movement
Secretariat of State
Msgr
Domenico Tardine
Pius XII
Pius
Eugenio Cardinal Pavelli
Vatican
Msex
Christian Democratic Party
Pope Pius
Maar
Domenico Tardini
Inero
Sacred College
Cardinals
Uder
Tardini
Vatican City
Osservatore Romano
Adefonso
Schuster
Cardinal Schuster