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...Political v. pastoral Pope. In Vatican history the two types have often alternated, and since Pius XII was a diplomat who never had a parish of his own, there may be pressure for a pastoral candidate. This may be offset by the desire of the Vatican's Curia cardinals to keep tight central control...
Last March, still leading the way, the soft-voiced, blue-eyed man became the first American cardinal ever appointed to the powerful Roman Curia. But when he arrived in April to take up his duties as Proprefect of the Vatican's Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, he was a stricken man. A blood clot forced the amputation of his right arm (TIME, May 5). On the mend, he was felled by a stroke, later complicated by heart disease. Last week at 70. and at the peak of a brilliant career, Samuel Cardinal Stritch died...
...normally spry old man who disembarked at Naples last week. The American Export Liner Independence was flying the white and yellow flag of the Vatican state, and 20-odd archbishops, monsignors, priests and politicos thronged to welcome the first American in history to be appointed to the potent Curia, headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. But throughout the hubbub of greeting, Samuel Alphonso Cardinal Stritch, 70-year-old Archbishop of Chicago, seldom spoke and did not once offer his ring to be kissed. He was wearing it, some noticed with surprise, on his left hand...
...increasingly overt anticlericalism. Don Giulio Pacelli, 47, nephew of Pope Pius XII, has long been a well-known man-about-the-Vatican. A prince and a colonel of the Noble Guard, he has held positions in many offices of the Vatican administration and many Congregations of the Curia. Currently he represents Vatican investments on the boards of the Banco di Roma, and pharmaceutical, shipping and piping companies. In 1946 the Central American Republic of Costa Rica appointed him envoy to the Vatican State, upgraded him to ambassador ten years later. Another papal relative is also a diplomat at the Vatican...
...TIME, March 18, 1957) also the launching of the Christian Family Movement and the first vigorous church action to help Puerto Ricans in the U.S His organizing ability and scholar's mine (plus excellent Italian) equip him wel as the first American ever admitted to the Italian-dominated Curia-powerhous of the Vatican...