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Revision as of 23:21, November 18, 2008
Pope Pius XI was Pope from February 1922 to February 10, 1939 when he died. This was the period between World Wars.
Born in italy on May 31,1857.
He arranged the Concordat with Hitler in 1933 feeling that communism was a greater challange than nazism. He issued the encyclical Mit brenneder Sorge in 1939 where he condemned Hitlers actions.
His successor was Pius XII.