News: International: Fury over plan to beatify `anti-Semite' Pope Jews...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ......historic visit to Israel in the spring. Pope Pius IX, who forced the Jews of Rome back behind...the Eighties that first proposed that Pius IX be beatified. One, Padre Giacomo Martina...instead, the Vatican intends to beatify Pius IX, who was Pope from 1846 to 1878. They...

'Good Pope' and Anti-Semitic Pope are Beatified.

Israel Faxx;  September 5, 2000 ;     303 words ......ceremony was controversial. John XXIII and Pius IX were very different popes, the first a...John XXIII served from 1958 to 1963. Pope Pius IX reigned longer than any other pope, from...applause when Pope John Paul spoke of Pius IX, considered ultra-conservative and anti-Semit...

The Father, The Son and The Holy See; Vatican Urged Not to Beatify Pope...

The Washington Post;  June 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ......originated in the Vatican, headed by Pope Pius IX. The church acted after local officials...the church's reputation in Europe. But Pius IX, who was to become the longest-serving...protesting the Vatican's plan to beatify Pius IX on Sept. 3. The aim of the beatification...

Behind The Headlines: Declaration on anti-Jewish pope is called 'a...

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  August 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ......set his 19th century predecessor Pope Pius IX on the road to sainthood in a solemn beatification...repercussions on Jewish-Catholic relations. Pius IX, who reigned from 1846 to 1878, was the...1930s. For Jews, the beatification of Pius IX simply doesn't square with repeated recent...

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The Independent - London;  September 5, 2000 ;     554 words ......for John XXIII crushed the applause for Pius IX. It is not a day that will long remain...to justify the controversial choice of Pius IX: "When beatifying its sons the church...Le Monde The beatification of the popes Pius IX and John XXIII is a political rather than...

Italian Jews Hurt On Beautification

AP Online;  June 27, 2000 ;     540 words ......Beautification ROME (AP) -- At a seminar on Pope Pius IX, a woman stood from the audience and introduced...adopted by the 19-century pontiff. Now Pius IX is due to be beatified Sept. 3, and Elena...hosts of the seminar, which examined Pope Pius IX's legacy. Edgardo Mortara was ...

Italian Jews Hurt by Beatification

AP Online;  June 27, 2000 ;     539 words ......Beatification ROME (AP) -- At a seminar on Pope Pius IX, a woman stood from the audience and introduced...adopted by the 19-century pontiff. Now Pius IX is due to be beatified Sept. 3, and Elena...hosts of the seminar, which examined Pope Pius IX's legacy. Edgardo Mortara was ...

Pope John Paul II stirs controversy by beatifying one of his predecessors.

United Press International;  September 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ......same time than Pope John XXIII and Pope Pius IX, Vatican specialists noted Monday. The...of John XXIII, but the pope's choice of Pius IX disappointed many because of the 19th...decision to go ahead with the controversial Pius IX, who had referred to Jews as dogs. The...

Profile: Pope's plans to beatify two former popes

NPR All Things Considered;  August 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......will beatify two of his predecessors, Pius IX and John XXIII. Beatification is the last...by the choice of the archconservative Pius IX, who was pope in the middle of the 19th...keep Jews confined to the ghetto had been Pius IX. About a mile from the ghetto on the other...

ON THE VATICAN'S ASSER

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 17, 2000 ;     315 words ......that Pope John Paul II beatified Pope Pius IX in a ceremony at the Vatican Sept. 3...Looking at some of the actions and words of Pius IX, we see a man who was clearly antisemitic...are the characteristics or virtues of Pius IX that the present pope and bishops wish...

Jews bluntly tell Vatican: Pius IX doesn't merit sainthood

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  August 25, 2000 ;     385 words ......Agency 08-25-2000 Jews bluntly tell Vatican: Pius IX doesn't merit sainthood An umbrella Jewish group...relations has bluntly told the Vatican that Pius IX doesn't deserve to be a saint. Pius IX, a 19th-century pope who became infamous for...

John Paul II beatifies autocratic pope who kidnapped Jewish boy

The Scotsman;  September 4, 2000 ;     607 words ......sainthood. Portraits of the two popes - Pius IX and John XXIII - adorned the facade of...defended and praised the record of both men. Pius IX was the last ruler of the Papal States...faults of his predecessor, but insisted Pius IX was a model of sainthood all the same...

What next for the papacy?

Jerusalem Post;  April 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ......partly non-clerical council of ministers, Pius IX launched his papacy as a great liberal...following year thanks to French interference, Pius IX had become an enemy of all things liberal...and modern civilization. Proverbially, Pius IX - whose 32-year papacy is the longest...

Pope puts two of his predecessors on path to sainthood.(Nation)

The Washington Times;  September 4, 2000 ;     632 words ......Catholic Church. The Rome ceremony beatified Pius IX, who presided at the First Vatican Council...much loved, but also hated and slandered. Pius IX, the longest-reigning modern pope, has...liberals, some commentators have said, while Pius IX alone would be a triumph of ...

Sainthood Moves Could Harm Catholic-Jewish Ties: Jewish leaders fear Pius...

The New York Jewish Week;  September 8, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Catholic-Jewish Ties: Jewish leaders fear Pius IX beatification may cloud gains. ERIC J...Vatican's action to bring 19th century Pope Pius IX -- who called Jews "dogs" and conspired...important, the Vatican's decision to beatify Pius IX on Sunday at the same time as the popular...