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...style Protestant sermons, we bring a four-color look at the Roman Catholics "general staff," the College of Cardinals. And though our springboard is the formal installation last week of ten new cardinals, we have been preparing for the event for two years, ever since Pope John XXIII named the first Negro and Japanese cardinals in history. Photographer David Lees in Rome was asked to shoot as many cardinals on the wing as he could, and whenever he could. His first opportunity came at a Eucharistic Congress in Munich in August 1960, when he bagged about 20. His next...
...morning last week, Pope John XXIII, walking briskly, crossed the threshold of the Vatican's Consistory Hall, followed in order of seniority by 29 purple-clad cardinals. As soon as he was seated on his throne, the papal master of ceremonies cried out, in accordance with" the rubrics of this historic ritual, "Extra omnes [Everyone outside]" A host of attending bishops and monsignori, the chamberlains and members of the Noble Guard bowed to the throne and withdrew; the doors were closed. The Pope, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ, and absolute ruler of the largest religious body in Christianity...
...magna - a 15-ft-long scarlet train worn on solemn liturgical occasions. As a member of the church's senate, a cardinal advises the Pope on church policy, helps run the Vatican's huge bureaucracy, and will elect one of his number to the papacy when John XXIII dies. But he is also a prince; letters to him from Catholic kings are properly addressed "Dear Cousin...
...Catholics. Operating under security rules that would do credit to the CIA, the Holy Office keeps its files under lock and key forever; anyone who spills its secrets is subject to automatic excommunication, revocable only by the Pope himself. One of three congregations over which John XXIII presides (the others: the Consistorial Congregation, the Congregation for the Oriental Church), the Holy Office is managed by Alfredo Cardinal Otta-viani...
...coated Jacqueline Kennedy emplaned on a commercial jet for her long-awaited goodwill tour of India and Pakistan. First overnight stop: Rome, where thousands braved forbidding chill and rain to cheer her on rounds that included a formal call on President Giovanni Gronchi and an audience with Pope John XXIII, with whom she would converse in French. - Back to Africa bounded Ireland's choleric, keen-witted Conor Cruise O'Brien, 44, the literary critic and critical diplomat who was chief of the U.N.'s Katanga force until he resigned in a huff over British and French policy...