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Pius XII

260th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1939 - 1958. Invoked papal infallibility in encyclical Munificentissimus Deus. Pope during World War II. After World War II Pope Pius XII focused on material aid to war-torn Europe, an internal internationalisation of the Roman Catholic Church, and the development of its worldwide diplomatic relations.

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