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...white-cassocked figure almost engulfed beneath a broad red stole, stepped out to give his first blessing to the city and to the world, he was greeted by a thunderous shout that welled up from the sea of waving handkerchiefs. His graceful, austere gestures reminded many of Pius XII. One reporter commented: "He looks like he's been Pope all his life...
...been a protgé of Pope Pius XII; yet he was also a friend of John's, and he favored the continuation of the Ecumenical Council. Montini, in fact, had almost too many qualifications-and Vaticanologists even found themselves doublethinking reasons why he would not win after all. Yet when the cardinals marched in procession toward the Sistine Chapel last Wednesday to begin the conclave, there were whispers of "il Papa, il Papa" as Montini went by. The cardinal heard; he looked up in shock, and signaled for the bystanders to keep still...
Quiet Charisma. Pius XII came from the lesser nobility of Rome, John XXIII from the peasantry of northern Italy. Paul VI is a bourgeois Pope, born to the comforts of Italy's middle class. His birthplace was Concesio, a country village near Brescia in northern Italy (and about 40 miles from Sotto il Monte, where Angelo Roncalli was born). The Pope's father, Giorgio Montini, was a lawyer and crusading journalist; his progressive political and social views were inspired by Don Luigi Sturzo, a near-legendary priest and sociologist who was one of the founders of Italian Christian...
...Recalls the former French Ambassador to the Vatican, who was present at Montini's consecration in St. Peter's: "At one point in the ceremony, during a moment of absolute silence, a feeble voice was heard. It seemed to come from the heavens. From his sickbed, Pius XII was addressing a few words to his well-beloved son, who was becoming his brother in the episcopate. I have always thought that on that day, Pope Pius XII marked the destiny of Monsignor Montini...
Shortly after his election last week, Paul VI told an old friend from the Secretariat of State that he hoped to follow the example of his three immediate predecessors: "Pius XI for his strong will. Pius XII for his knowledge and wisdom. John XXIII for his limitless goodness." There is no question of his willingness to pursue the course John took. At a funeral oration in Milan, he said: "Pope John has shown us some paths which it will be wise to follow. Death cannot stifle the spirit which he so infused in our era. Can we turn away from...