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The 11 pages that link to Pope Pius XII, each with the reason it gives.

• Second Vatican CouncilRelated: Reforms during his pontificate helped prepare ground for Vatican II.

• Georges LemaîtreRelated: Lemaître urged him not to present the Big Bang as proof of Christian doctrine.

• António de Oliveira SalazarRelated: The church’s relationship with the Estado Novo illuminates the regime’s religious and political setting.

• Pope John XXIIIRelated: John XXIII inherited the Church and Vatican administration shaped under Pius XII.

• Theistic evolutionRelated: His 1950 encyclical Humani generis allowed research into human evolution under specified theological conditions.

• Assumption of MaryRelated: He formally defined the Assumption as Catholic dogma in 1950.

• Vatican Apostolic ArchiveBroader topic: The opening of records from his pontificate intensified debate about the Vatican during World War II.

• Jean-Baptiste de La SalleRelated: Pius XII proclaimed La Salle the patron saint of teachers in 1950.

• Pierre Teilhard de ChardinRelated: His 1950 encyclical Humani generis set boundaries for Catholic discussion of human evolution during Teilhard’s lifetime.

• Pope John XXIIICompared with: The contrast between their papacies marks a shift in tone and approach at the council.

• Fulton J. SheenRelated: Pius XII appointed Sheen an auxiliary bishop of New York in 1951.