Apostolic Nuncio Achille Ratti (to the right) and Marshal Józef Piłsudski surrounded by Polish military and clergy. Year unknown. Photo: PAP/Alamy
Archbishop Achilles Ratti (to the right) accompanied by Marshal Józef Piłsudski. Years 1918 – 1922. Photo: NAC/IKC, catalogue number: 1-D-1701a
Marshal Józef Piłsudski, Cardinal Achille Ratti and Herbert Hoover – head of the American War Aid Committee for the victims of World War I, future president of the USA. Behind the Nuncio’s chair there is Prime Minister Ignacy Paderewski. Photo taken on Soldier’s Day in Warsaw, August 15, 1919. Photo: NAC/IKC, catalogue number: 1-D-1553-2
Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Achille Ratti in front of the Belweder Palace in the company of, among others: the head of diplomatic protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Count. Stefan Przeździecki (first from the right), Polish Ambassador to the Vatican Władysław Skrzyński (second), adjutant of the Chief of State, Divisional General Jan Jacyna (third). July 19, 1919. Photo: NAC/IKC, catalogue number: 1-D-1701-1
Submission of credential letters to the Chief of State, Józef Piłsudski. In the photo, the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, Achille Ratti, sits in a carriage in front of the Belvedere Palace, next to the adjutant of the Chief of Staff, Divisional General Jan Jacyna. July 19, 1919. Photo: NAC/IKC, catalogue number: 1-D-1701-2
Achille Ratti celebrates a field mass in the Modlin fortress, 1919. Photo: NAC/IKC, catalogue number: 1-W-1047-4
Achille Ratti after being elected Pope Pius XI. photo. PAP/picture-alliance/dpa
He found a second homeland in Poland. Abp. Achille Ratti, later Pius XI (1857-1939, pope from 1922)