 As the decade began Pacelli wanted the Centre Party in Germany to turn away from the socialists . In the summer of 1931 he clashed with Catholic chancellor Heinrich <unk> , who frankly told Pacelli he believed that he " misunderstood the political situation in Germany and the real character of the Nazis . " Following <unk> 's resignation in May 1932 Pacelli , like the new Catholic chancellor Franz von Papen , wondered if the Centre Party should look to the Right for a coalition , " that would correspond to their principles ' . He made many diplomatic visits throughout Europe and the Americas , including an extensive visit to the United States in 1936 where he met President Franklin D. Roosevelt , who appointed a personal envoy — who did not require Senate confirmation — to the Holy See in December 1939 , re @-@ establishing a diplomatic tradition that had been broken since 1870 when the pope lost temporal power . 
