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Died. Clemente Cardinal Micara, 85, vicar general since 1951 and unofficial bishop of Rome (the title belongs to the Pope), known to fellow members of the Vatican Curia as the "Grand Elector" for his key role in lining up conservatives behind his friend and fellow liberal Giovanni Cardinal Montini in the 1963 papal elections; after a long illness; in Rome...
...Cleanup. A few days later, on the 50th anniversary of Padre Pio's ordination, congratulations came from all over the world, including a warm message from the Archbishop of Milan, Giovanni Battista Montini, a longtime friend. But from the Vatican came not a word. Instead, Maccari returned for a cleanup. Result: the trinket vendors drifted away, and the Spiritual Daughters were shorn of their powers. There were cries of "inquisitor," but Maccari had his way. Padre Pio was put under guard, and he soon found himself virtual prisoner in his own convent; his mail was opened and read...
Stoically, Padre Pio went about his work, saying "I am patient, I will wait." He did not have much longer; on June 3, 1963, Pope John died. When a new Pope was elected, he was Padre Pio's old friend, Montini-Paul...
...charity bazaars have been social occasions for Brazil's jet set, and always immensely profitable. In public relations he was a pro: "What is not used in the house of the wealthy is wealth in the house of the poor." When Pope Paul (then Giovanni Battista Montini) visited Brazil in 1960, it was Helder Câmara who took him to visit the poor. When the cardinal took to television to denounce the Communist threat in Brazil, Helder Câmara came on the screen the next week to say that he believed the nation's biggest problem...
...been the wish of my life to visit the Holy Land," wrote Giovanni Battista Montini, then Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan, to a bishop friend in November 1962. Last week, in his final address to the Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI surprised the prelates by announcing that he will indeed visit the holy places of Jordan and Israel on a three-day trip next month. It will be the first papal voyage outside Italy since Napoleon forced the unhappy Pius VII to take up residence at Fontainebleau in 1812, and the first time since the days of St. Peter that...