Word: xxiii
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...addition to handing out 23 red hats-whose color, the Pope reminded the new cardinals, symbolized the wearers' faithfulness "even to the shedding of blood"-Pope John XXIII last week also...
...consistories at which Pope John XXIII elevates 23 prelates to the College of Cardinals this week are an elaborate series of ceremonies taking place over a four-day period. First comes a secret consistory at which the Pope recites to the old cardinals the names of those he proposes to elevate. The cardinals nod their assent. Immediately, messengers fan out to deliver the biglietto-the letter informing each cardinal-elect of his elevation (tradition demands that he feign surprise on receiving the letter). Two days later the new cardinals join the Pope at an "intimate" consistory, during which he hands...
...cover of Pope John XXIII is one of your finest. The face is of a strong man who is conveying a sense of deep sympathy to a younger brother in arms...
Pope John XXIII rode through cheering crowds of Romans this week to take formal possession of the cathedral church of the Bishop of Rome-the great, grey basilica of St. John Lateran. Popes in bygone times used to make the short journey across the city on horseback, which sometimes enlivened the occasion with incident: Clement XIV (1769-74), for instance, fell from his horse on dismounting, only to assure alarmed aides that he was "confusus" but not "contusus." Sixtus V (1585-90) corrected the flattering observation of an ambassador that he had "mounted easily" with the admonition...
...Pope John XXIII rode in a long black Cadillac, and with him rode two of his cardinals-Clemente Cardinal Micara, Vicar General of Rome, and France's bearded Eugène Cardinal Tisserant, Dean of the Sacred College. Commented Rome's Cornere Delia Sera: "This is a highly significant particular . . . because John wishes thereby to make a public demonstration of the fact that he means to give the utmost prestige to the College of Cardinals, restoring to it its full powers...