Pope Pius XII On Poland
For the war years 1939-1945, twenty-five communications of Pope Pius XII and over two hundred communications of the Holy See- mainly from Cardinal Secretary of State Luigi Maglione, Giovanni Battista Montini and Domenico Tardini - with Polish Church and State officials are included in the 600 documents of:
- Le Saint Siege et la Situation Religieuse en Pologne et dans les pays Baltes, 1939-1945, in Actes et Documents Du Saint Siege Relatifs a la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1967
- 1945-1958
- Per Hos Postremos Annos, Apostolic Letter, June 29, 1945,
- Czestochoviensis Beatae Mariae Virginis, Apostolic Letter, January 16, 1946,
- Immaculato Deiparae Cordi, Apostolic Letter, December 23, 1946,
- Flagranti semper animi, Apostolic Letter, January 18, 1948
- Decennium Dum Expletur, Apostolic Letter, September 1, 1949,
- Cum Jam Lustri, Apostolic Letter, September 1, 1951,
- Poloniae Annalibus, Apostolic Letter, July 16, 1953,
- Speech to the Diplomatic Corps regarding the persecution of Cardinal Wyzynski, November 19, 1953,
- Gloriosam Reginam, Apostolic Letter, December 8, 1955,
- Message to Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński (after his liberation),
- Invicti Athletae, Encyclical on Saint Bobola, May 16, 1957,
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