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...Archbishops Edward Mooney of Detroit, Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago, Francis J. Spellman of New York, John T. McNicholas of Cincinnati, John Gregory Murray of St. Paul, John J. Mitty of San Francisco, Joseph F. Rummel of New Orleans; Bishops John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, Karl J. Alter of Toledo, James H. Ryan of Omaha...
...Last week the Pope was described in a letter from Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York to his flock: "I . . . found him aged, thin and saddened since I had last seen him. Fifteen months of anxiety and pain have taken a heavy toll. No robust physical stature nor strong broad shoulders has the Pope to bear the sorrows of the world, but the Christlike figure, Christlike shoulders and above all a Christlike sanctity and spirit . . . he reminds me of the wounded Christ...
...second time within a year, New York's Archbishop Francis Joseph Spellman was out in the warring world last week. The flying prelate (he once held a pilot's license) is Military Vicar of all Roman Catholics in the U.S. armed forces. Bent on visiting as many of them as he can, he stopped first in North Africa, then flew on to Italy. He visited the Fifth Army's General Headquarters just behind the firing line, had lunch with King George VI and Lieut. General Mark W. Clark, offered an afternoon Mass for servicemen...
Archbishop Spellman had three audiences with Pope Pius XII. What the Archbishop and his great & good friend discussed was known only to themselves. But the question of Cardinals for the U.S. may have been mentioned. Since the death of Boston's William Cardinal O'Connell (TIME, May 1), the U.S. has had only one Prince of the Church, instead of its normal three or four. He is Philadelphia's aging (79) Denis Cardinal Dougherty...
...prospective U.S. candidates for the red hat, two are virtual certainties: Archbishop Spellman and Chicago's Archbishop Samuel Alphonsus Stritch. Both, as a matter of fact, may now be Cardinals in petto, i.e., in the Pope's breast...