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...often disagreed with Barth -: "shouting at each other over a glass of wine" -but calls him, "the most monumental appearance in our period." Roman Catholic theologians, notably in Europe, have praised his thinking in terms they usually reserve for St. Thomas Aquinas. Once, upon hearing that Pius XII had paid tribute to his work, Barth smiled and said, "This proves the infallibility of the Pope." More seriously, he insists that the best critical work on his works-over 500 titles so far -has been done by such Catholic thinkers as French Jesuit Henri Bouillard and Father Hans Urs von Balthasar...
...SACRED CONGREGATION FOR PROPAGATING THE FAITH. The missionary arm of Rome, it watches over 35 million Catholics in Asia, Africa and much of Latin America. Concerned about the struggle of the church with Communism in these areas, Pius XII appointed one of the Vatican's wisest old hands as prefect: Gregory Peter XV Cardinal Agagianian, an Armenian who holds the ancient title of Patriarch of Cilicia...
...SECRETARIAT OF STATE. The top job in the Vatican's Foreign Ministry was left vacant for 14 years under Pius XII (who preferred to carry on his own diplomacy), is now held by pudgy Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, 79, longtime (1933-58) apostolic delegate...
...serves as the liaison office between Rome and non-Catholic churchmen, will handle the invitations to Protestant and Orthodox leaders who are expected to attend the Second Vatican Council in October as observers. The presiding cleric: Augustin Cardinal Bea, 81, a German Jesuit who was confessor to Pope Pius XII...
Outside Italy, few cardinals have much influence on the slow-turning wheels of Rome. New York's Francis Cardinal Spellman was a trusted confidant of Pius XII, is not so close to Pope John. But, as boss of the nation's richest diocese, he carries more weight than the four other U.S. archiepiscopal cardinals, Richard Gushing of Boston, Albert Meyer of Chicago, James Mclntyre of Los Angeles, and Joseph Ritter of St. Louis. Also respected is Polish Primate Stefan Wyszynski, whose skillful battle to keep the church alive in a Communist land is admired by the Pope...