1958 - Religion

Religion

Pope Pius XII dies of a stroke at Castel Gandolfo October 9 at age 82, having suffered for years from uncontrollable hiccups, after a 19-year reign in which he has aroused controversy regarding Vatican efforts, or alleged lack thereof, to protect Jews and Catholic priests from the Holocaust; the College of Cardinals at Rome elects Venice's patriarch Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Roncalli, 76, October 28 and he will reign until his death in 1963 as Pope John XXIII.