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Pope Pius XII had died in 1958, but his niece sued Mr. Katz - and the producer and director of the film version of Mr. Katz's book - for defaming the pontiff's memory.

Robert Katz, 77, wrote history of WWII massacre in Italy Emma Brown 2010

Benedict presided over the service in a packed St. Peter's Basilica, kicking off an intense two weeks of Christmas-related public appearances that will test the 84-year-old pontiff's stamina amid signs that fatigue is starting to slow him down.

Pope decries commercial glitter of Christmas 2011

Benedict presided over the service in a packed St. Peter's Basilica, kicking off an intense two weeks of Christmas-related public appearances that will test the 84-year-old pontiff's stamina amid signs that fatigue is starting to slow him down.

Pope Laments Christmas Consumerism, Urges People To Look Beyond 'Superficial Glitter' The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Hours before the pontiff's arrival, riot police and protesters opposed to his stay clashed in downtown Madrid.

The Pope in Madrid 2011

That was the last step needed for the beloved pontiff's beatification.

Pope OKs miracle, clearing way for beatification of Pope John Paul II 2011

Benedict presided over the service in a packed St. Peter's Basilica, kicking off an intense two weeks of Christmas-related public appearances that will test the 84-year-old pontiff's stamina amid signs that fatigue is starting to slow him down.

Pope Laments Christmas Consumerism, Urges People To Look Beyond 'Superficial Glitter' The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Pilgrims turn out in huge numbers in Vatican City and in Pope John Paul II's hometown in Poland for the former pontiff's beatification.

Pope Beatifies John Paul II Stacy Meichtry 2011

Near the end of the Mass, Benedict was presented with the John Paul's official relic, a silver and marble figure centered on a small glass vial of the deceased pontiff's blood, which was removed during his illness in 2005.

Pope John Paul II beatified 2011

Several hundred thousand pilgrims, many from the late pontiff's native Poland, are in Rome for the occasion and will cram the square, the broad avenue that leads to the river Tiber, and surrounding streets.

John Paul II to be beatified in Rome 2011

In the premiere of Showtime's sumptuous Renaissance epic, Jacobi again played a man of the cloth — Cardinal Orsini, an ambitious cleric who's double-crossed by Jeremy Irons' ruthless Pope Rodrigo — and poisoned by the pontiff's equally ambitious son, Cesare Francois Arnaud.

Cheers & Jeers: The Borgias' Derek Jacobi: When in Rome... 2011