Archbishop van Lierde, archpriest of St Peter's Basilica and a close personal friend of Pope Pius XII, authorized and gave his Imprimatur to relic prayer cards in many languages dated December 8th 1958, two months less a day after the death of now Venerable Pope Pius XII.
Benedict XVI changed his mind and declared Pius XII Venerable on December 19, 2009, based on the recommendation of the committee [REF].