Humani generis unitas
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After Pius XI’s death on Feb. 10, 1939, Cardinal Pacelli was elected his successor as Pope Pius XII in a short conclave. Pius XI’s planned encyclical, Humani generis unitas (“The Unity of the Human Race”), against racism and anti-Semitism, was returned to its authors by the new pope. Trained as a diplomat, Pius XII followed the cautious course paved by Leo XIII and...
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