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'''Pope Pius XI''' was Pope from February 1922 to February 10, 1939 when he died. This was the period between World Wars.
'''Pope Pius XI''' was Pope from February 1922 to February 10, 1939, when he died. This was the period between the two World Wars.
Pius XI was born in Italy on May 31,1857, as Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti.
In 12929 he signed the [[Lateran Treaties]] with the Italian government, resulting in the creation of an independent Papal state.
His successor was Pius XII.
He arranged the [[Concordat with Hitler]] in 1933 feeling that communism was a greater challenge than nazism. He issued the encyclical [[Mit brennender Sorge]] in 1939, in which he condemned Hitler's actions.
His successor was Pius [[XII]].
==References==
==References==
* [http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/western/bldef_piusxi.htm| Biography]
* [http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/western/bldef_piusxi.htm| Biography]
* [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/biography/index.htm|Vatican website]
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