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Veteran Vatican observers noted a few unusual aspects about the initial state visit of Belgium's austere and pious Queen Fabiola, 32. The white gown and veil she wore instead of the accustomed black was easily explained: she had asked Pope John XXIII for the ancient privilege of Roman Catholic queens. The reason for her other departures from the past -forgoing the protocol-prescribed trek up the Noble Staircase in favor of an elevator ride to the second-floor apartment of the Pope, failing to join her husband King Baudouin, 30, for the traditional call on the Vatican Secretary...
...Sovereign Pontiff John XXIII has kindly deigned to call as members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences the following professors...
...decades scholars have been skeptical. Philomena's official demotion finally came as part of a long-term program, given extra impetus by Pope John XXIII, to tidy up the liturgical calendar by eliminating those saints about whom so little is known that their existence may be doubted. The Congregation of Rites indicated last week that there were more demotions to come...
...cover artists. Chaliapin, son of the great Russian basso, has painted some 330 covers for TIME since the summer of 1942, and usually allows himself three days to do a portrait, whether working from his own sketches or from photographs. His most recent feat was painting John XXIII, immediately after his elevation as Pope, in 24 hours for the Nov. 10, 1958 issue of TIME. Last week, when wakened at 8 a.m. on Wednesday and asked to paint Spaceman Gagarin in a hurry, Artist Chaliapin had an unusual handicap. The night before was "my 19th wedding anniversary, but I forgot...
Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson, 49, set off on a world concert tour, all astir over her first command performance-before Denmark's King Frederik IX in Copenhagen-and a scheduled audience with Pope John XXIII in Rome. Mahalia was even more anticipative about her subsequent pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Said the Baptist contralto: "That's the most important thing in my life-to walk the streets where our Lord once walked...