Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo, papal nuncio to Germany, talks with Hitler at a formal reception in Berlin in Jan. 1936. The Vatican had a concordat with Nazi Germany which was signed in 1933. Signing the Concordat is Cardinal Pacelli ...
?On April 20, 1939, Archbishop Orsenigo celebrated Hitler's birthday. The celebrations, initiated by Pacelli (Pope Pius XII) became a tradition. Each April 20, Cardinal Bertram of Berlin was to send 'warmest congratulations to the ...