The Daily Question

What high-ranking Vatican official visited the United States in 1936 for his annual vacation?


1. Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa
2. Eugenio Pacelli
3. Giuseppe Pizzardo
4. Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti

Your answer was: Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa

Answer: Eugenio Pacelli who was the Vatican Secretary Of State, and future Pope Pius XII, vacationed in the United States in 1936. This is interesting, especially if, as the article cited below suggests, Eugenio Pacelli met with Franklin Rosevelt, President Of The United States, and was able to help in the presidential campaign of 1936. By this time Eugenio Pacelli as the Vatican Secretary Of State had already negotiated the treaty between the Vatican City and Nazi Germany. See the link below for more information.


Coronation of Pope Pius XII
Scott 68-71 (1939)


See also
• Eugenio Pacelli's 1936 visit to the United States Wikopedia

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