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Dates: during 1960-1969
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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Man of the Year: Pope John XXIII | 1/4/1963 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: On the Ladder to Heaven | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

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