Word: cardinale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Francis Aidan Cardinal Gasquet, 83, one of two English Cardinals,* Librarian of the Vatican; of pneumonia and heart disease; at his residence in the Palace of Saint Calixtus, Rome. Great in erudition, Cardinal Gasquet had spent 22 years revising the Vulgate Bible, a task for which he wished 50...
Meanwhile his strength as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints waxed great. In 1900 he was appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles which made him a sort of Mormon cardinal. Today by the rule of seniority only two men stand between him...
Leaning forward in a carved armchair at the Palazzo Chigi, Signor Benito Musso- lini sat with his hard chin cupped between contented palms, last week, watching newsreel flashes of Cardinals and Monsignors marching to the ballot box (TIME, April 1), attended by blaring brass bands and wildly cheering throngs. Never...
"... The three-power disarmament conference failed because the ground had not been prepared. . . . The cardinal weakness of that conference was that questions of naval strategy were always to the fore and emphasis on strategy always deflects policy. ... It is policy which ought first to be determined. ... If indications are given...
When strongly pressed to reveal the name of the first nation outside the continent of Europe on which Pope Pius XI will set foot, the Cardinal-Archbishop reflected for a moment, then answered cautiously, "perhaps Ireland."