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Five Americans 'to Participate. in
Cardinal Spellman
Cardinal McIntyre
Cardinal Cushing
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Diocesan Priest Now'at Vatican Writes Sublimely of Solemnity in Rome ., By
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Edward 1. MitcheD
Time, the healer of all wounds, is. gently easing the IOrrow felt here in Rome at the passing of Pope John. The official period of mourning continues, with special Masses each morning in St. Peter's Basilica for the·soul of the departed poritiff. At the spondent was 'alloWed to enter same time preparations are the papal apartment and pay his 'well a d van c e d for the respects to the remains of the Opening of the conclave that dead pontiff. Clutching a cruci elect the successor to John fix to his breast, Pope John XXIII.' seemed as serene in death as he had been in life. I looked down In this pause before the Chair upon his face and kissed the of Peter is again vibrant with cross 01. his slipper-and remem life and leadership, memory bered that he had prayed for me lingers on the soul-stirring (as he had for all of us!) in his events of the past week. There dying breath. As I moved away was that sunset Mass on the from the bier, the deep stillness steps of St. Peter's the evening of the room struck me. It was tPat the Pope died, with thou broken only by the hushed shuf. sands upon thousands of faithful fling of feet participating. There was the across the car phrase from the last Gospel of peted floor, the the Mass that came ringing over fluttering of a the loudspeaker, "There came a curtain in the man from God whose name was wind, and the .fohn * * *" There was the an. distant splash nouncement ten minutes later ing of a foun that the Pope had just entered tain in the eternity, and the tears of the Square below people, and the great bell of St. Later that af Peter's dolefully echoing to their ternoon, under sorrow. an ov-ercast sky, Nor can memory ever forget the body of ,Gte experience of the following Pope John was· ~ternoon when )'our correTurn to Page EiiPlteea
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Peruvian and German are Youngest; Vatican Curia Member Is Oldest By
Patricia McGowan
If the 82 members of the College of Cardinals were employed by the average large corporation, 64 would be drawing retirement checki'l. Only 18 would be active, be cause only that number are under the age of 65. That the Church, unlike most of mod The Prefect of the Congrega. ern society, places no par tions of Seminaries and Univer ticular premium on youth, i~ sities, Giuseppe Cardinal Piz proved by a glance at the zardo, was born in 1877,' only birth dates of the Cardinals, of Cardinal claiming that birthdate. whom only 17 were born in the , Four Cardinals were born in. 20th century. 1879, Ignace Cardinal Tappouni" Oldest Prince of the Church is Patriarch of Antioch of the Sy Francesco Cardinal Morano of rians; Francesco Cardinal Bracci the Vatican administrative staff. of the Vatican adininistrative Born in 1872, he is 91.. The staff; Clemente Cardinal Micara, youngest Cardinals are Juan Vicar General' of Rome; and Benedetto Aloisi Cardinal Ma. Landazuri Ricketts, O.F .M., Arch . bishop.of Lima, Peru, and Julius sella. The latter is Cardinal Cham. Cardinal Doepfner, Archbishop ot'Munich and Freising, a mere berlain of the Holy Roman Church and during the present 50 years old. ". 'J,'railfng Cardinal Morano .for "sede vacante" period when the 'second place in order of age is Church is without a Pope, he has 90 year old Carlos Cardinal de-la taken possession of the proper Torre, Archbishop of Quito, ties of the Holy see and is ad. ministering Church affairs. It Ecuador. Three Cardinals were born was his duty to verify the death of John XXIII. in 1876, Brazil's Augusto da Sil , There are five 83 year old Car. va, Spain's Enrique PIa y Deniel dinals. ,They are Santiago Car and Italy's Maurilio Fossati. dinal Copello, Chancellor of the Church; Pierre Cardinal Gerlier. Archbishop of Lyons, France; Clement Cardinal Roques, Arch bishop of Rennes, France; Paolo Cardinal Giobbe, Apostolic Datary; and Jose Cardinal da Turn to Page Seventeen By order of His Excel lencYI the Most Reverend Bi!!hop, an examination for college students desirous of studying for the priesthood will t;>e held at 9 Thursday morning, June 20, in the Convent of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts, The fourth annual Dioce Prospect Street, Fall River. san school picnic for elemen The matter for the examina tions will consist of subjects tary school students will be usually undertaken during the held at Lincoln Park, North first two years of the classical Dartmouth, Tuesday, Wednesday college courses. There will be and Thursday - June 18, 19, 20. no examination of Philosophy. The outing is under the spon Each candidate appearing for sorship of the Diocesan School the examination will be required Office and will be under the to present the following papers: supervision of Rev. Patrick J. , A letter of recommendation O'Neill, sup e r i n ten den t of from the college which he has schools assisted by Roland S. attended together with an of Gamache, Lincoln Park's Public ficial record of his scholastic Relations Director. standing in the various studies Schools have been divided into he has pursued. ~~ groups of approximate17 Turn to Page Twe1v. Turn to Page llolineteen 0
Examine Students Next 'Thursday For Seminary
Diocesan Grade School Picnic Next Week
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ROME (NC) Five American Princes of the Holy Roman Church will participate in the voting 'when the College of Cardi nals convenes here next week to elect a new Supreme Pon tiff to succeed t~ late John XXIII. The five represent the largest unit of Ameri cans ever to take part in the secret papal balloting in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. The five Americans are: Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. · James Francis Cardinal Mc Intyre, Archbishop of Los An geles. Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. · Albert Cardinal Meyer, Arch bishop of Chicago. Joseph Cardinal Ritter, Arch bishop of St. Louis. Nearly 80 Cardinals will attend the conclave which will open next Wednesday. Balloting will begin next Thursday. · Cardinals Spellman and Mc Intyre attended the conclave which elected Angelo Cardinal Roncalli as Pope in' October 1958. Edward Cardinal Mooney, Achbishop of Detroit, was in ROineto participate in the Papal balloting in 1958. However, he was fatally stricken about two hours before the con cIa v • opened. American Car din a 1 shave voted in only foUt' of 78 papal elections. It is not known as yet how many of the 82 Cardinals, repre senting more than 30 nations of the world, will take part in the largest con~lave in the histor, of the Church. Two Are Dl Oarlos Maria Cardinal de la Torre, ArChbishop of Quito, Ecuador; . will not travel to Roine. He will be 90 years old ,in November and has been in bed for some months with thrombosis. Carlo Cardinal Chiarlo of the Roman Curia., or central ad ministration of the Rom a n Catholic Church, is anotner of the Oardinals who is not ex pected to attend. He is seriously ill and confined to bed in hw home near .Lucca, in Tuscany. The membership of the College of Cardinals represents 31 coun tries. The greatest ~ystery sur rounds Jozsef Cardinal Mind szenty, Primate of Hungary, who has been in refuge in the United States Legation in Bud apest since the Hungarian up rising of 1956. It was thought at one time that the Vaticall would urge Cardinal Miridszenty Turn to Page Three
Problem of Space Brings Conclave Rule Change ROME (NC) - The deci sion of the Congregation of Cardinals that each Prince of the Church shall be ac companied by only one conclav ist has helped to solve the prob lem of accommodations at the Sistine Chapel for the election next week of a new Pope. Formerly each Cardinal Wall permitted two assistants. Cardinals who are sick and require special care will be al lowed two conclavists rather than the former three. The change has been necessi tated because 82 Cardinals-the largest number in history - are eligible to participate in the balloting which begins next Thursday. Only 51 took part in the 1958 conclave which _elected Pope John XXIII. Aside ,from the staff of coo," Turn' to Page Twel"
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