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...before the week was out had crossed the South Platte River. Wherever he was, he was in the midst of his campaign for reelection. By accident or otherwise, his visitors at Hyde Park included leaders of groups which are giving him strong backing: Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of Manhattan, Monsignor Stephen Connolly of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York* and A. F. of L.'s William Green, who publicly promised that 90% of Labor's votes would be cast for Roosevelt...
Bishop Gallagher, in Vatican City: "Rome holds me responsible for Father Coughlin's activities. I explained to Monsignor Pizzardo [political adviser to the Pope and Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs] and we agreed, that the misunderstanding arises from the fact that many are not acquainted with canon law. Actually, Monsignor Pizzardo thinks the uproar regarding Father Coughlin represents a good joke, sponsored solely for political purposes...
...policy dictated the Pope's latest appointments, which bring the cardinalate to the unprecedented number of 68, two less than full strength. Cardinal-elect Mercati, 69, and Cardinal-elect Tisserant, 52, both come from that august treasure-house of learning, the Vatican Library, of which Pius XI (as Monsignor Achille Ratti) was once prefect and which he still cherishes. Giovanni Mercati is now its prefect, Eugene Tisserant its pro-prefect...
Born in France, Monsignor Tisserant was an eminent Orientalist by the time his nation called him to war. He fought at the Marne, at the Dardanelles, finally became an officer on the French General Staff in Palestine. Associated with the Vatican Library since 1908, he visited the U. S. in 1927 and 1933, returned to reorganize the library with U. S. cataloging and the finest modern equipment...
...conclave which must some day elect a new pope. One reason: new cardinals make good compromise candidates. Cardinal Mercati has been called the most learned prelate to be elevated to the purple in the past century. Succeeding Achille Cardinal Ratti in 1918 as prefect of the Vatican Library, Monsignor Mercati has published in U. S. and European journals many a scholarly article on theology, literature, archeology, ecclesiastical jurisprudence. Famed in church circles are such authoritative works of his as Paralipomena Ambrosiana, Codices Pholotypici Editi, Studi e Testi...