Word: cardinale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sir: In your article on the cardinals [March 30], one caption reads, "Mass was sung for Cardinal Muench of Milwaukee." That should read "of Fargo." Muench was Bishop of Fargo from 1935 to 1959, when he became a member of the Curia in Rome.
Cardinal Muench was born and raised in Milwaukee and was consecrated a bishop there in 1935. He was bishop of Fargo 24 years but spent most of that time as Vatican representative to West Germany. - ED.
Within the college, liberal cardinals look for leadership to Bologna's Giacomo Ler-caro and Milan's Giovanni Montini. Both men have fought to clean out Communism from Italian labor unions. Best known of possible compromise choices is Agagianian, who according to Roman gossip came within a handful...
Outside Italy, few cardinals have much influence on the slow-turning wheels of Rome. New York's Francis Cardinal Spellman was a trusted confidant of Pius XII, is not so close to Pope John. But, as boss of the nation's richest diocese, he carries more weight than...
The Curia's Critics. Although non-Italian cardinals are all formally assigned to congregations, few enjoy sitting in on the daily work when they are in Rome. Resident professionals often resent the presence of outsiders, conduct all business in Italian, a language that their visitor may not understand. Since...