Word: pacelli
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...that entrance the head of Rome's noble Chigi family would stand guard-Prince Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere, hereditary Marshal of the Holy Roman Church. The Marshal would carry in a red velvet satchel two keys to the door, open it only after consultation with Cardinal Camerlengo Pacelli within...
Very coldly the Princes received this speech. They were no more pleased when II Telegrafo, mouthpiece of Foreign Minister Count Ciano, thumbed down as a "political" Cardinal Secretary of State Pacelli, nominated as a Pastor Angelicas, predicted in old prophecies, the pious Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal dalla Costa. Since as a rule the Roman Catholic Church prefers to lead opinion rather than follow it, Il Telegrafo's nomination could be considered a death-kiss...
...Precedent was broken even at the Pope's death, perhaps by his order. Cardinal Pacelli omitted the age-old ceremonial of tapping the Pontiff's forehead with a silver mallet, while calling him by name, to make sure he was dead. †Meaning: badly dressed...
...bishops, had gone there for what was to have been a world-wide celebration: the 17th anniversary of the Pope's coronation. For these Cardinals there was much to do. Their first corporate act was to meet for consultation on a multitude of matters with Cardinal Camerlengo Pacelli and the three Cardinals who now constituted his cabinet. These three were the deans, eldest in point of service, of the three orders-of Cardinals which make up the College. Sitting in a row sheltered by the same baldachin (canopy), the Camerlengo and the three deans assumed many of the qualities...
Conservative observers, however, looked for the election of an Italian archbishop, not too old, such as Milan's Cardinal Schuster, Venice's Patriarch-Cardinal Piazza, Turin's Cardinal Fossati-or even Cardinal Camerlengo Pacelli, despite the fact that Secretaries of State have in recent years seldom been considered papabile...