Word: cardinalate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since the latest comers (Boston's Cardinal O'Connell and the two South American Cardinals) were expected to reach Naples on February 28, the conclave was scheduled to begin that evening. By then, corridors and chambers near the Sistine Chapel (where the balloting takes place) would be bricked...
Very coldly the Princes received this speech. They were no more pleased when II Telegrafo, mouthpiece of Foreign Minister Count Ciano, thumbed down as a "political" Cardinal Secretary of State Pacelli, nominated as a Pastor Angelicas, predicted in old prophecies, the pious Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal dalla Costa. Since as...
"The election of a non-Italian cardinal is rather improbable," he said. "It would be an open challenge to Mussolini, and in view of the present political situation in Europe it might lead to serious complications," Professor La Piana believes that in case of war, a non-Italian Pope would...
After discarding from the list of 35 Italian cardinals the 15 who are too old and the dozen Cardinals of the Curia, who have little chance of being elected, the conclave will probably elect one of the eight cardinal bishops of residential sees, according to Professor La Piana.
*Precedent was broken even at the Pope's death, perhaps by his order. Cardinal Pacelli omitted the age-old ceremonial of tapping the Pontiff's forehead with a silver mallet, while calling him by name, to make sure he was dead. †Meaning: badly dressed.