Achille Ratti


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Noun1.Achille Ratti - pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939)Achille Ratti - pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939)
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The prefect of the Vatican Library Achille Ratti, later Pope Pius XI, went as apostolic visitor to Poland and Lithuania, and Eugenio Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII, as nuncio to Germany.
Twenty-four years ago, I wrote an article on the Vatican and the Rome-Berlin Axis, speculating that the policies of Achille Ratti as Pope Pius XI (1922-1939) and Eugenio Pacelli as Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) were very different, in spite of the similarity of their names and their apparent close collaboration.
The race is superbly organised by the Achille Ratti climbing club whose motto 'Ad Altiora' translates as 'To strive for the highest' - very appropriate for anyone taking on this great race..
Until recently, Achille Ratti, Pope Pius XI (1857--1939), has had fewer critics than his successor, Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, whose role during the Holocaust has been the subject of heated controversy for almost four decades.