Divini Redemptoris
Papal encyclical
By: Pope Pius XI
Date: March 19, 1937
Source: Pope Pius XI. Divini Redemptoris. Rome, March 19,1937. Available online at http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/docum... ; website home page: http://www.vatican.va (accessed February 9, 2003).
About the Author: Pope Pius XI (1857–1939) was born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti in Italy. Ordained a priest in 1879 and known as a brilliant scholar, he devoted most of the subsequent 43 years to work as a church librarian. He was selected by Pope Benedict for diplomatic service and sent as an apostolic visitor to Poland in 1918. He returned to Italy in 1921 and became cardinal archbishop of Milan. He was elected pope in 1922 and served...
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