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XXIII The ANCHOR
VATICAN CITY (NC)-We have a Pope, His Eminence the Most Rev erend lord Cardincli Angelo Joseph RoncaJli, who has taken the name of John XXIII. With these words was announced to the waiting thr~ngs in St. Peter's Square Tuesday evening (Rome time-six hours earlier E.S.T.) and to the world the name of the latest successor to St. Pe'ter, the Vicar of Christ on earth. A vote of ·wo-~hirds of the Cardinals plus onll, a total of 35, was necessary to a choice. The extra vote is required tra ditionally in order to have a tw.J thirds majority, even if a eardin al should vote for himeseH. At 5:09 in the afternoon (Rome time) Tuesday a thin puff of white smoke rose from the chimney to whipped away Turn to Pa~e Sixteen
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An Anchor of the Soul. Sure and Firm-ST. PAUL
Thursday, Oct. 30, 1958
Fall River, MClss.
Vol. 2, No. 44
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Ordinary Leads In Thanksgiving For New Pope
Bishop Connolly Salutes
Leadership of New Pope
As Way to True Peace
We have a new Vicar of Christ, Pope J<'hn XXIII. He was chosen to bear a heavy burden. Weare grateful for his obedient bowing to the Will of God. We pray he may he po~sessed of wisdom to point the way to true peace. We ask the Lord to instruct the hearts of men that they may follow where he leads. Cardinal Roncalli, now Pope John XXIII, iR a man of vigorous energy, ready wit, keen judgment and simple piety. He comes from humhle origins. He has had :ril·h pastoral experience. He has been successful in high diplomatf.i.' posts. He is a missionary at heart. His l·hoit·c of a name hrings up the memory of the beloved diseiple, Saint John. Please God, we will all be responsive to his counsels. We will love one another; we will he at peae(' with one another; we will show forth the charity of God that eaHts out fear. And may our Holy Father find joy in the knowedge that his children are at one in mind ancl heart anrl that the love of God which is in Christ Jesus unitt,s all men and all nationll.
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New Ho~y Father Must Fill Many Vatican Positions VATlCAN CITY .(NC)-VirtuaUy aU of the posts of the Vatiean were automatically made vacant by the death 9f Pius XII, and filling them becomes one of the pressing duties of the new Pope. This goes for offices of the Roman Curia-from the posts of Cardinal Prefectll of the government of the Church the governi.ng congregations in the interregnum, singles out on down. In addition to the only two positions which remain after a pope's death, those of offin~s which expired with the Pope's death there are many others which Pius XII failed to fill durin~ his pontificate. The constitution Vacantis Apo stolicae Sedis, which provides for
Grand Penitentiary and of Chan cellor of the Holy Roman Church. Thus His Eminence Nicola Cardinal Canali, 84, con Turn to Page Eighteen
Requtem Mass At Cathedral On Monday.
New Holy f'ather First Pope John Since 1334
The Most Reverend Billhop will offer a Pontifical Req uiem MUHs for deceased bish OpH, priestll, religious and
Not for 624 years has a succesllor to Peter chosen the name of John. John XXII reigned from 1316 to 1334.
benefactors of the Diocese at 10 A.M. Monday in St.. Mary's Cathedral. Rt. Rev. MSf(r. James J. Ger rard, V.G., will be assistant :lriest. Deacons of honor will be w ;~~v. Ms~r .•Tames J. Dolan .:md '1· 'lev. Ms~;r. John A.
Like the present Holy Father, he was of humble birth. John XXIII is the son of at farmhand and John XXII was the son of a shoemaker. In contrast to the speedy elec tion of the new Pope, however, it took two years to choose John XXII. who was among the Popes Turn to Page Twelve
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Leading his Diocese in thanksgiving for the election of John XXIII as Supreme Pontiff was His Excellency,
HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN XXIIJ
Diplomatic Service
Highligt.ts Career
Climaxing a life of service to the Church as a profesllor and a member of the Vatican missionary and diplomatic corps, His Holiness Pope John XXIII wag created a Cardinal of the Chureh on Jan. 12, 1953 and three days later he was named Patri ies marking the 100th anniver arch of Venice. sary of the apparitions of the Even since his elevation to Blessed Virgin at the French the See of Venice, the new Shrine. Holy Father continued to rep
resent the Papacy. His pl:esence as Papal Legate highlighted the Marian Year Congress, held in Beirut, Lebanon, in October 1954, when he consecrated Lebanon to Our Lady. In March, 1958 Cardimll Ron calli consecrated the new under ground basilica of St. Pius X at Lourdes, in one of the ceremon:
Speaks French A jovial and even tempered
man, he is referred to as the
"optimistic Cardinal."
"I am 71 years old," he de
clared in his first public address in St. Marks basilica in March 1953. "I am not young but I find comfort in the thought that an other citizen of Bergamo, who Turn to Page Fifteen
World Catho!lic Population Shows One-Year Gain of 13 Millions CINCINNATI (NC)-The Catholic population of the world has increased by almost 13 million persons in the past year. The 1958 edition of the World Mission Map, published annually by the national when there was a slight percent center of the Catholic Stu age jump, from 18.3 to 18.5 per dents' Mission Crusad,e, lists cent. The map's statistics and estimates are given as available, the world's Catholic popu lation as being 509,505,000, an increase of 12,993,000 over last year's total. The map is edited by Dr. Harold J. Spaeth of the University of Detroit. Although the total Catholic population of the world in creased, the map's statistks show that the percentage of Catholics with refertlnce to the total world population decreased from 18.5 to 18.2 per cent. This is in con trast to the years 1956 ailld 195"'/
or estimated, for June 30, 1958. Brazil Leads The United States, with 35,846, 477 Catholics, is ranked fourth in the world in the absolute number of Catholics, but many other countries outrank it in the percentage of Catholics in the population. First in the absolute number of Catholics is Brazil, with 57,660,000; Italy is second with Turn to Page Sixteen
the Most Reverend Bishop who officiated Tuesday evening at Solemn Benediction and singing of the Te Deum at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. In the 106 parishes of the Di ocese thousands joined in similar observances of the election. Other indications that the See r Peter was once again filled came in the removal of mourn ing drapes from sanctuaries and church exteriors, rind the inser tion of the name of John XXIII in the Canon of the Mass. Every priest in the Diocese will mark the election by saymg (me : fass of Thanksgiving and by in chiding a~ an Oratio Imperata ordered prayer-the prayer for the Pope.
Some Confusion In Nu~bering Pope's Name
There is s~me confuRion in the list of Pd{les ab(.ut the numbering of th"Q..'Ie with the name of John. Pope John XIV was Pope from December, 983, until August 20, 984. He was succeeded in the Fall of 985 by John, son of L4~0, who became Pope John XV. However, some chroniclers made a mistake of thinking that there were two by the name of John who came right together here, 11 John, the son of Robert, and then John, the son of Leo. And so the confusion in num bering began. with Pope John XV sometimes . ~ing referred to as Pope John XV, his true num ber, and sometimes bein!~ called John XVI. This has resulted in confus Turn to Page Sixteen
Rev. Felix Childs Recalls Meeting With New Pope Cardinal Roncalli, noW Pope John XXIII, received a Fall River pastor in audience this summer. Rev. Felix S. Childs, pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, Fan River, together with Bishop Thomas K. Gor .lan, was received by the then Cardinal at his palace in Venice. The meeting lasted abl>ut half an hour, Father Childs recalls, c,;lU discussion dealt mailJly with topics of historical interest. Both Turn to Bage TeD