Word: sacristan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pope. To Lorenzo Cardinal Lauri, Grand Penitentiary of the Holy Roman Church, Pius XI, propped up by pillows, whispered his confession, received absolution for his sins. Then attendants washed the Pope's face, hands and feet for their anointing in the last rite: extreme unction. The Monsignor Sacristan, Alfonso de Romanis, parish priest of the Vatican, sprinkled the still room and its grave company with holy water. "Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, 0 Lord, and I shall be cleansed...
...smart priest, Padre Martinez, who knew how to lick a dish and have it too. His religious ministrations paid him well, except in the little placitá of San José. Here he was treated as an ordinary mortal, which meant meagrely. Puzzled, he asked the San José sacristan's advice, was told that the natives had no use for his sermons, which praised San Antonio, San Francisco, the Virgin. Jesus, all of whom meant nothing to them. Why not praise their patron, San José? At his next visit Padre Martinez propped an image...
Only a sincere Catholic can fully realize the shock sustained by Giuseppe Carmagnola. He gradually recovered presence of mind, rushed inside the church to inform the sacristan...