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Pope John XXIII rode through cheering crowds of Romans this week to take formal possession of the cathedral church of the Bishop of Rome-the great, grey basilica of St. John Lateran. Popes in bygone times used to make the short journey across the city on horseback, which sometimes enlivened the occasion with incident: Clement XIV (1769-74), for instance, fell from his horse on dismounting, only to assure alarmed aides that he was "confusus" but not "contusus." Sixtus V (1585-90) corrected the flattering observation of an ambassador that he had "mounted easily" with the admonition...
...choose John ... a name sweet to us because it is the name of our father, dear to me because it is the name of the humble parish church where I was baptized, the solemn name of numberless cathedrals scattered throughout the world, including our own basilica [St. John Lateran]. Twenty-two Johns of indisputable legitimacy have [been Pope], and almost all had a brief pontificate. We have preferred to hide the smallness of our name behind this magnificent succession of Roman Popes...
...Lateran Pact...
Died. Camillo Serafini, 88, governor and top civil officer of Vatican City since the Lateran Treaty of 1929 between Italy and the Holy See; of angina pectoris; in Rome...
...ranked third in seniority in the College of Cardinals (No. 1: Alessio Cardinal Ascalesi, archbishop of Naples, critically ill this week following a heart attack). Active in the diplomatic service of three Pontiffs (Benedict XV, Pius XI, Pius XII), he played a vital part in negotiating the 1929 Lateran Treaty which established the Vatican as an independent state...