Word: cardinalate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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But Pope John XXIII rode in a long black Cadillac, and with him rode two of his cardinals-Clemente Cardinal Micara, Vicar General of Rome, and France's bearded Eugène Cardinal Tisserant, Dean of the Sacred College. Commented Rome's Cornere Delia Sera: "This is a...
Three aspects of the new appointments showed evidence of John's skill and vigor at diplomacy: the Pope 1) recognized the critical state of the church in Latin America in giving cardinals for the first time to Uruguay and Mexico, 2) stiffened the church's position against the...
As the Communists increased their pressure on beleaguered Berlin last week (see FOREIGN NEWS), German Catholics -and Protestants too-rejoiced in Pope John's elevation of Berlin Bishop Julius Doepfner to the rank of cardinal. At 45, Doepfner is the youngest cardinal by eight years. Early advancement is nothing...
Men who are born in South Boston, according to an old tradition, go either into politics or into the priesthood. Richard James Gushing was born there 63 years ago, but he almost did neither; once, discouraged by low grades at Boston College High School and worried about family finances, he...
While one photographer was trying to take some, he answered a reporter's question with characteristic candor. "My one great problem is to continue to live this moving-around life of mine as a cardinal. People will have to get used to the fact that a cardinal goes to...