Giacomo della Chiesa

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Noun1.Giacomo della Chiesa - pope who founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war during World War I (1854-1922)Giacomo della Chiesa - pope who founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war during World War I (1854-1922)
Benedict XV
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In 1914, Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa became pope; he took the name Benedict XV.
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Born Giacomo della Chiesa in Genoa 1854, the sixth child of an ancient but poor patrician family, Benedict was ordained in 1878, spent much of his life in the Vatican's diplomatic service and became undersecretary of state in 1901.
1914's pope: Benedict XV and the pursuit of peace
Ancora oggi tale operato e malamente interpretato, mentre cio fa di lui un uomo di Stato e un pontefice che comprese i problemi e le crisi della societa contemporanea, cosi da poter affermare che: <<in effetti, l'azione pastorale di Giacomo Della Chiesa potrebbe ancora oggi essere assunta ad esempio, quale modello di coerenza, insieme intelligente e intransigente, volto a migliorare le relazioni tra persone e gruppi, senza perdere di vista mai le ragioni del Vangelo e della Chiesa>> (17).
<>. La Santa Sede e l'Italia tra neutralita e intervento (1914-1915)
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