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Pius XI

Pope 1922 to 39.

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A photograph of Pope St Pius X, seated, in white cassock with a pectoral cross.No. 257 · 1903 to 14St Pius XA postman’s son who let children receive Communion.A photograph of Pope Pius XII in 1951, seated in red mozzetta, wearing round glasses.No. 260 · 1939 to 58Pius XIIThe pope of the Second World War, his warnings, and the charity history is still weighing.A colour photograph of Pope St John XXIII smiling, in red mozzetta and stole.No. 261 · 1958 to 63St John XXIIIA caretaker pope who called a council and changed the century.

Dates follow the Catholic Encyclopedia’s list of popes; for the earliest popes they are traditional. Photo credits.