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Rumors & Denials. Energetic Msgr. Léger was no stranger in the inner councils of the church. The son of a Quebec village storekeeper, ordained in 1929,416 went to Japan, proved himself an able administrator in directing the Sulpician Seminary at Fukuoka, later came back to Canada and taught at the House of Philosophy in Montreal. Since 1947 he has been rector of the Pontifical Canadian College in Rome where he was responsible for the guidance of Canadian priests studying at the Vatican, served as intermediary for important Canadians visiting the Pope. Said one Vatican insider: "I always thought...
...friendly, tactful man, at home in English as well as French, Msgr. Léger seemed a perfect choice for bilingual Montreal. "It was like slipping a glove over a hand," a Vatican spokesman explained, "so easy when the glove fits well...
Still unanswered is the big question: Have the diggers found the tomb and perhaps the bones of St. Peter himself (TIME, Sept. 5)? Writes Msgr. Ludwig Kaas, administrator of St. Peter's, who has been in charge of the top-secret excavations...
Published last week in the U.S. was the final section of Msgr. Ronald Knox's brilliant translation of the Bible-Volume II of the Old Testament (Sheed & Ward; $5). Readers who are familiar with the graceful flights and sudden surprises of Translator Knox's Bible prose will not be disappointed in his mining of the beauties of the Psalms and Proverbs, the Song of Solomon, Job, Jeremiah and Ecclesiastes, whose oft-quoted "Vanity, vanity" passage he renders...
Cardinal Spellman and 500 U.S. Roman Catholics were off on the first large Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome. Just back from Rome was a happy Church Point, La. pastor, the Right Rev. Msgr. Clay A. Bienvenu, who boasted that because he bears a startling resemblance to Cardinal Spellman he was able to "crash the gates" at an important beatification ceremony...