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Only other American who has ever served in the Vatican's Secretariate of State is round-faced, able Most Rev. Francis Joseph Spellman, Archbishop of New York, who was attached to the Secretariate seven years-serving the last two under Cardinal Pacelli (now Pius XII), who was Secretary of State. Archbishop Spellman knows the Pope better than any other U. S. Catholic. Last week the Archbishop was luncheon host to Presidential Candidate Wendell Willkie. Said the delighted Mr. Willkie: "We had a stimulating and fine talk-I can't say anything more than that." Archbishop Spellman said nothing...
...Archbishops do when they receive the pallium, Archbishop Spellman publicly professed his Catholic faith. He also said: "I profess and glory in my American citizenship, and I pledge myself to maintain and defend our fundamental liberties...
...months the Most Rev. Francis Joseph Spellman, plump-faced, quick-smiling, and broadminded, has been Archbishop of 1,000,000 Roman Catholics in & around New York City. But not until last week did he attain the fullness of his ecclesiastical powers. Then a great throng of priests, bishops and Catholic laymen filled St. Patrick's Cathedral. Burly Denis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia-substituting for Archbishop Spellman's onetime superior, ailing William Cardinal O'Connell of Boston-placed around the Archbishop's shoulders a narrow woolen band embroidered with crosses. It was a pallium, symbol...
Archbishop Spellman uttered the first authoritative U. S. Catholic defense of President Roosevelt's embassy to the Pope. Of critics: "The only reason which the non-approvalists seem to have for their position is the shibboleth of separation of Church and State. ... It is obvious that if the Church strives to make men better spiritually, they should be better civically and morally. Conversely, the State promoting the welfare of society works indirectly for the sanctification of souls. But this was true in 1797 when Mr. Sartori represented the U. S. at the Vatican . . . and it will still be true...
Archbishop Spellman was the Pope's personal choice for the New York post; the Apostolic Delegate was reported to have nominated Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas of Cincinnati. President Roosevelt may well have hoped that the Holy Father would make another personal appointment by naming liberal, useful Bishop Sheil to Chicago's archdiocese. Numerous Chicagoans hoped so. But in this case the Apostolic Delegate's nominee won the Pope's appointment. Last week the Apostolic Delegation announced that Milwaukee's Archbishop Samuel Alphonsus Stritch was transferred to the Chicago post...