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Pope Pius XII, in good health for his years, turned 81, planned to take part next week in ceremonies celebrating the 18th anniversary of his coronation...
Another though less important reason for delay is the almost poetic complexity of Vatican policies as exemplified in the Montini-Tardini situation. Monsignors Giovanni Montini and Domenico Tardini labored long in the Vatican as equal advisers to the Pope until Pius XII appointed Montini Archbishop of Milan two years ago. At the next consistory, Montini will surely be made a cardinal, and that should normally mean a red hat also for Tardini, now pro-Secretary of State. But Tardini refuses to be a cardinal; he has all the power and honor he wants, feels that the ceremonies attendant upon...
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...rare foray beyond the Vatican's walls, Pope Pius XII journeyed a short distance in Rome, appeared at the sooth anniversary celebration of the Collegio Capranica, a small but distinguished seminary (world's oldest) where he was a young student 62 years ago. His Holiness kissed the feet of an old familiar crucifix, inspected the tiny room he once occupied, presented the college with a pearl-encrust ed chalice as a quincentennial present...
Pope Pius XII, 82, gravely ill two years ago, underwent a periodic physical, was pronounced to be in "more than satisfactory" shape...