Word: servorum
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...they turn over in their graves. It will not be an act of inhospitality, mind you (even in death they are too well-bred for that), simply one of incredulity that in the land of the Bean and the Cod, he who is called Summus Pontifex, Vicarius Petri, Servus Servorum Dei, Dominus Deus, Nostra Papa, and addressed as Sanctissime Pater should be here. Their amazement is only matched...
Noble Contest. Last week alone, John demonstrated in the space of a few busy days the qualities that have made him prefer, among all the impressive titles of the Roman Pontiff, the simple designation servus servorum Dei?servant of the servants of God. After delivering a Christmas message in which he rejoiced at the end of the Cuban crisis (he noted that his pleas for peace at that time "were not words shouted into the wind") and pleaded for Christian unity and for peace?"of all the earth's treasures, the most precious and most noteworthy''?he addressed...
...knows, in the company of God in heaven. Only one is an American, Mother Frances Cabrini (1850-1917). A great many more souls are waiting for similar approval.* Last week the Vatican's Polyglot Press released the latest edition of Index ac Status Causarum Beatificationis Servorum Dei et Canonizationis Beatorum, a 391-page Who's Who of potential saints that lists the names of 1,132 dead Catholics who are candidates for the congregation's study...
...Servus Servorum. In 1902, James Cash Penney began business with one store in Wyoming. Last year his 676 stores in 44 states (all except Vermont, Delaware, Rhode Island, Florida) did business aggregating $90,000,000-chiefly small-town gear.* Last week he announced a gift of half a million dollars to construct a building containing 100 small apartments to be occupied, rent-free, by aged Evangelical ministers. This home of God's retired servants will be located at Green Cove Springs, Fla., on the St. John's River. Mr. Penney's summer home is in Belle Isle, Miami Beach...
...respect did they depart from the etiquette of their vows. They talked a little. Cardinal Dougherty, referring to a recent visit to Rome, described the Pope as showing plainly the effects of his arduous office: "As a matter of fact when he subscribes his official letters 'Servus Servorum Dei,' he is not merely using a figure of speech but is truly describing himself as the servant of The Servants of God." The Cardinal congratulated Abbot Obrecht on wiping off a debt of $30,000 and "laying aside a little for a rainy day." He lauded the monastic life...
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