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...Nazareth, hard by the teeming markets of Rome, a sharp-faced man of 56 with penetrating blue eyes and a quick, pleasant smile settled in last week for a visit in the capital city of his church. He was Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski (pronounced Vishinsky*), Primate of Poland, and, under Pius XII himself, the most remarkable prelate in the Roman Catholic Church today...
...favored tool of the Vatican. Reported one Vatican correspondent: "If the Polish Communists or the Russians ever ask Wyszynski to persuade the Vatican to any particular course of action, Wyszynski might well reply: 'Go tell it to the Roman fire brigade.' " Insiders report, however, that Pius immensely admires Wyszynski, and entirely approves his policy...
...some it may seem appropriate that the United States' latest series of nuclear tests should be held during Armed Forces Week. To others, however, the tests are inappropriate at any time. Albert Schweitzer, Pope Pius XII, the West German Bundestag, the British Labor Party, and the Japanese government have all declared their desire for a suspension of the test explosions...
Bishop also devoted two columns to people who, though far from diminutive, could be classified as Little People's People: Pope Pius XII ("he has the bone hurting handshake of a farm boy") and the late Broadway columnist Mark Hellinger-who gave Biographer Bishop (The Mark Hellinger Story) early, well-heeded lessons in Hearstmanship. Sample Hellinger commandments to Bishop: "Use only short words"; "the way to write a sob story is to be callous"; "before writing, always read a few hundred words of your favorite author...
Liberalization of the hidebound Spanish church seemed to get strong backing last week from Pope Pius XII. In a speech that sounded like an endorsement of Spain's liberal, fast-increasing Opus Dei organization (TIME. March 18), the Pope urged a group of newly ordained Spanish priests to foster a "higher grade of generous catholicity" and to incorporate the church "more and more resolutely in those currents of mutual cooperation in which many persons today see the future and salvation of the world." He reminded them that Spain, "although placed in a corner of this old Europe, is conscious...