Politically, this constraint is manifested in the Vatican's stated desire to canonize Pope Pius XII.
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In 1515, Francis, Duke of Angouleme, became Francis I of France on the death of Louis XII.
The documents of Pius XI should also shed light on Eugenio Pacelli, who would become Pope Pius XII.
His successor, Pope Pius XII, made the first papal television appearance in 1946.
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She was declared venerable by Pope Pius XII in 1943 and then beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1980.
The last Pope to resign willingly was Celestine V, who stepped down in 1294, while Gregory XII reluctantly abdicated in 1415.
Ion Pacepa, the former head of the Romanian KGB, that the allegations against Pius XII were the brainchild of the KGB.
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The museum includes controversial wording that reflects a long-running dispute over the role of Pope Pius XII during World War II.
Pope Gregory XII - who reigned from 1406 to 1415 - did so to end what was called the Western Schism.
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Quite simply, no government in Jerusalem has the moral right to ignore weighty allegations that Pope Pius XII collaborated with the Nazis during the Holocaust.
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But resignation is extremely rare: the last pontiff to step aside was Pope Gregory XII, who resigned in 1415 amid a schism within the Church.
ROME Whatever challenges the Roman Catholic Church faces in 2013, they pale compare to those that prompted the resignation 598 years ago of Pope Gregory XII.
For a secretary of state to ascend to the throne of St Peter is rare: the only example since 1667 was Pius XII, in 1939.
Jewish groups were angered in October 2008 when Pope Benedict spoke in favour of advancing the process to make the late Pope Pius XII a saint.
In fact, the federal law Title XII, which is invoked in sexual harassment cases, interprets harassment as a form of sexual discrimination of treating women differently than men.
The last pope to resign was Pope Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415 in a deal to end the Great Western Schism among competing papal claimants.
Yet many Jews believe that the Vatican has not gone far enough and are furious at Vatican efforts to make the war-time pope, Pius XII, a saint.
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There were three rival claimants to the papal throne at that time - the Roman Pope Gregory XII, the Avignon Pope Benedict XIII, and the Antipope John XXIII.
The last pope to resign was Gregory XII in 1415.
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In 1508, the League of Cambrai was formed by Pope Julius II, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon to attack Venice.
If the fact that Pius XII was a pope gave his sainthood cause some inherent advantages, in other ways it made perceptions of his holiness less immediate and less personal.
Jews were also incensed at Benedict's constant promotion toward sainthood of Pope Pius XII, the World War II-era pope accused by some of having failed to sufficiently denounce the Holocaust.
From the Israeli point of view there was also unsettled business with the Vatican over Pope Pius XII's role during the Nazi era and in particular in relation to the Holocaust.
The Vatican insists that as Pius XII, Pacelli worked hard behind the scenes to help save Europe's Jews, but many scholars accuse him of not having done enough to prevent the Holocaust.
It is because of this moral imperative to remain vigilant in seeking justice for our murdered brethren that successive governments have strained relations with the Vatican by objecting to Pius XII's canonization.
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What the government can do is encourage Holocaust historians and Yad Vashem to engage their Catholic counterparts in a joint study - through conferences and research - of the allegations against Pius XII.
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Wartime pope, Pius XII, has been accused in the past of turning a blind eye to the Holocaust, although the Vatican has defended him, arguing that he worked behind the scenes to save Jews.
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