Pope Pius XII creates 24 new Cardinals during Public Consistory at St Peter's Basilica 1953

Pope Pius XII creates 32 new Cardinals during Public Consistory at St Peter's Basilica 1946

Pope Pius XII is laid to rest at St Peter's Basilica 1958

Last journey of Pope Pius XII 1958

In memory of Pope Pius XII 1958

Pope Pius XII creates 32 new Cardinals during Public Consistory at St Peter's Basilica 1946

Solemn Canonization Ceremonies of Pope Pius X 1954

Solemn Canonization of Bernardino Realino, John de Brito and Joseph Cafasso 1947

Pope Pius XII canonizes Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini 1946

Pope Pius XII canonizes Jeanne de Lestonnac 1949

Solemn Beatification of Pope Pius X 1951

Solemn Beatification of Pope Innocent XI 1956

Pope Pius XII proclaims Dogma of the Assumption 1950

Pope Pius XII proclaims the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven 1954

Pope Pius XII visits Almo Collegio Capranica, his old college 1957

Pope Pius XII opens the Holy Door in St Peter's Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 1949

Pope Pius XII inaugurates the Holy Marian Year at the Basilica of St Mary Major 1953

Pontifical Mass on the 17th anniversary of the Coronation of Pope Pius XII 1956

Pope Pius XII blesses a mobile chapel for Hungarian refugees 1956

Pope Pius XII solemnly celebrates two his anniversaries 1957

Pope Pius XII blesses Pontifical North American Ecclesiastical College in Rome! 1953

The Last Papal Easter Blessing of Pius XII 1958

Corpus Christi procession in St Peter's Square with Pope Pius XII 1950

Eva „Evita” Perón's private audience with Pope Pius XII at the Vatican 1947

Chancellor Adenauer of Germany is received by Pope Pius XII in a private audience 1957

Audience of Pope Pius XII for General Anders Papal blessing for Polish soldiers 1945

Children from Rome celebrate with Pope Pius XII the 50th anniversary of his ordination 1949

Easter Blessing Urbi et Orbi and and message to the world by Pope Pius XII 1954

Easter message and blessing of Pope Pius XII 1957

Easter message and blessing of Pope Pius XII 1957

Easter message and blessing of Pope Pius XII 1956

Easter message and blessing of Pope Pius XII 1957

Easter Sunday message and Apostolic Blessing Urbi et Orbi of Pope Pius XII 1952

79th Birthday of Pope Pius XII 1955

30th anniversary of Italy's Catholic Women's Action Clubs with Pope Pius XII 1948

Former US President Harry S Truman in audience with Pope Pius XII 1956

General audience of Pope Pius XII in St Peter's Square for 150,000 faithful 1947

Italy's President Giovanni Gronchi makes his first visit to Pope Pius XII 1955

On Feast of St Joseph the Worker, Pius XII meets with workers and condemns communism 1956

Pope Pius XII carried in the sedia gestatoria in St Peter's Square 1951

Pius XII blesses the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square from the papal window 1954

Pius XII welcomes Holy Year pilgrims from US leaded by Cardinal Francis Spellman 1950

Pope Pius XII opens new Vatican broadcast center 1957

Pope Pius XII blesses Rome and all the world on Easter 1955

Pope Pius XII at Castel Gandolfo 1954

Pope Pius XII attends a sports festival held in St Peter's Square 1955

Pope Pius XII blesses faithful gathered in Castel Gandolfo 1946

Pope Pius XII blesses boy scouts 1946

Pope Pius XII blesses Italian cyclists 1946

Pope Pius XII blesses soldiers Pope's first public speech in English 1944

Pope Pius XII blesses the 200,000 faithful gathered in St Peter's Square 1946

Pope Pius XII welcomes Holy Year pilgrims in Vatican 1950

Pope Pius XII condemns communism 1948

Pope Pius XII gives audience to Rome's top students! 1956

Pope Pius XII grants audience to movie stars! 1955

Pope Pius XII meets with Cardinal Spellman of New York 1958

Pope Pius XII meets with Catholic Action members and condemns communist materialism 1952

Pope Pius XII meets with children on his 80th birthday 1956

Pope Pius XII meets with Konrad Adenauer 1956

Pope Pius XII meets with comedian Red Skelton and his family 1957