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...Pope Paul VI. In theory, Paul was better qualified to be Pope, by training and experience, than any other 20th century Pontiff. In practice, he proved nervous, hesitant and indecisive. He simply could not make up his mind. John had foreseen this; he had a word for his successor: Amleto (Shakespeare's Hamlet). Under this wavering and unlucky Pope, the postconciliar church went off the rails. All over the world, but particularly in the Americas and Europe, discipline became shaky or even broke down. Thousands of priests gave up their vocations and married. Nuns took to feminism. Quasi heresies like...
...Died. Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, 90, scholarly Apostolic Delegate to the U.S. (1933-58) and Secretary of State of the Vatican (1961-69); following a brief illness; in Rome. Cicognani made the recommendations for every American bishop appointed during his 25 years in Washington...
...members of the Sacred College - Paul announced what may prove to be his most significant piece of news: the appointment of a new Secretary of State. The man that he chose was France's Jean Cardinal Villot, 63. He succeeds the ailing, 86-year-old Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, at one time the apostolic delegate...
...Prime Minister. His role originated in Paul's sweeping reform of the Curia 18 months ago, when the Vatican Secretary of State was awarded, ex officio, special responsibilities in the Roman Curia, the church's administrative body. In theory, these duties were entrusted to Secretary of State Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, who at the age of 86 can only put in half a day's work. In practice, the job has fallen to Cicognani's sostituto, or deputy, Giovanni Benelli...
Despite Paul's admirably progressive reform of the Curia, the men who administer it are still for the most part conservative. The Secretary of State is the venerable Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, 83, and his chief assistant is the equally reactionary Archbishop Giovanni Benelli, 47. A brilliant administrator, Benelli is gradually emerging as one of the most important men in the Vatican-largely because he is considered the principal pipeline for information from...