Word: cardinale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cooke, a conservative in theology, declares himself a progressive in secular matters. At his first press conference last week, he seemed to back quick implementation of the presidential riot commission's report. Most questions he fielded nimbly: reminded of Spellman's call for "victory" in Viet Nam, Cooke...
Churchly speculation on who would succeed the late Francis Cardinal Spellman as Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York mostly centered on familiar names. Rochester's Bishop Fulton J. Sheen was one much talked-about candidate; so was Detroit's Archbishop John Dearden, head of the national conference of...
There is some precedence for the Pope's surprising choice: Spellman himself was an obscure assistant to Boston's William Cardinal O'Connell when Pius XII named him Archbishop of New York in 1939. Cooke, who has both a warm Irish wit and an M.A. in social...
The Pope undoubtedly weighed the merits of many clerics-including Archbishop John Maguire, 63, who has administered the see of New York since December-before making the choice. Perhaps the most persuasive factor was that Cardinal Spellman, shortly before his death, wrote a letter to Paul recommending Cooke as his...
The former Vice President's cardinal rule has been to treat fellow Republicans as lovingly as an election year will allow. He praised Romney's vigor as a campaigner; he also did his bit to debunk the stalking-horse theory. Romney's withdrawal, he said, "was not...