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C ardinal Special! Denver Register

Supplement to the Denver Catholic Register of November 20, 1958

SECTION TWO DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1958 Sacred College Is Increased by 23 2 American , Delegate Made Cardinals .—Two members of the American Hierarchy and the Apos­ tolic Delegate to the U.S. are among 23 named by XXIII to receive the Cardinalatial dignity in a consistory slated for Dec. 15. Richard J. Cushing of Boston, Archbishop John F. O’Hara, C.S.C., of ; and Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apos­ 7 # tolic Delegate, are among those named. The list includes 12 heads of sees, five members of the S i Vatican diplomatic service, and six members of the . Heads of sees named are Archbishop Giovanni Bat­ tista Montini of , Arch­ Giovanni Urbani. newly named of ; Archbishop Jose Garibi y Rivera of Guada­ 1 ..'J-. lajara, Mexico; Archbishop Antonio Maria Barbieri of Montevideo, Uruguay; Arch­ bishop of Westminster, England; Archbishop Cushing, Aich- bishop Alfonso Castaldo of Naples, Archbishop Paul Marie Richaud of Bordeaux, ; Archbishop O’Hara, Archbishop Jose Bueno y Monreal of Seville, Arch­ bishop Franziskus Koenig of Vienna. ; and Bishop Julius Doepner of Berlin, Cardinal John F. O'Horo, C.S.C. . Diplomats Of Cardinal Amleto G. Cicognani Members of the Vatican diplomatic service named are Archbishop Paolo Gi- FOUR NOW LIVING obbe. to Holland; Archbishop , Nuncio to Jtaly; Archbishop Twelve Natives of U.S. , Nuncio to Portugal; Archbishop Cico- gnani, and Archbishop Carlo Have Been Cardinals Chiarlo, Nuncio at the dis­ With the appointments to the ber of naturalized U. S. citizens position of the Vatican Sec­ Sacred College by John XXIII who became Cardinals, and a retariat of State. there have been 12 of number of Cardinals of foreign Members of the Roman American birth created Cardi­ nationalities have ser\'ed in the Curia named include Arch­ nals. . bishop , Those living are Cardinals secretary of the Sacred Con­ , J. Francis A. McIntyre, Richard J. Cushing, All Papal Envoys gregation of and and John,O’Hara, C.S.C. Universities; Do­ Other American-born Cardi: menico Tardini, Secretary nals listed alphabetically with To U.S. Cardinals of State; Monsignor Alberto their places of birth, were; With the elevation of Cardi­ di Jorio, regent o f the Secre­ Cardinals Dennis Dougherty, nal Amleto Giovanno Cicognani, tariat of the Sacred College Girardville, Pa.; , all Papal delegates to the of Cardinals; Monsignor ; Patrick Hayes. New United States have been mem­ , Secretary York; John McCloskey. Brook­ bers of the Sacred College. of the Sacred Congregation lyn; Edward Mooney, Mt. Sav­ The five predecessors of Car­ of Sacramental Discipline; age, Md.; , dinal Cicognwi were Cardinals Monsignor Francesco Ro- ; William O'Connell; , 1393-96; Se- berti. consultant to the Sa­ Lowell, .; and Samuel bastiano HartinelH, O.5.A. 1896- cred Congregation of Sacra­ 7 . Stritch, Nashville, Tenn. 1902; , O.F.M., Cardinal Spellman was bom 1902-11; , 1911- m ental Discipline, Sacred in Whitman, Mass.; Cardinal 22; and Fumasoni-Biondi, 1922- Congregation of the Ori­ McIntyre in ; 23. ental , etc.; and Mon­ Cardinal Cushing in South Bos­ Cardinal Gaetano Bedini signor Andrea Jullien of the ton; and Cardinal O'Hara in s m e d in the United States as Sacred . Ann Arbor, Mich. special envoy of Pius X during T he P ope has nam ed Mon- There also have been a num­ Civil days. fT u rn to Pape 3 — Column 3) Cordinal Richord J. Cushing PAGE T W O EVERY WITH CHURCH OMCE HAD Cardinal Is Ecclesiastical Dignitary, Adviser of A Cardinal Is a dignitary of The Pope also entrusts to them topography; consequently, the ecclesiastical discipline in the culum), Palestrina (Praeneste), the Roman Church and coun­ the administration of vacant diocont cardinoies ceased grad­ city, and curator of the Papal and Sabina. sellor of the Pope. By the term abbeys and the filling of the ually to bear the names of their finances, he was, after the Pope, The cardinalitial are cardinal (Cordinalisl was orig­ vacant abbatial offices, but not regions. Of the latter there re­ the most important person in as follows: St. Lorenzo in Lu- inally understood every priest without his foreknowledge. main only their number, seven, the Roman Church during the cina, SL Agnese fuori le mura. permanently attached to a Moreover, in virtue of a Papal consecrated by antiquity and early Middle Ages. St. Agostino, St. Anastasia, Sts. church, every clertciis, either provision as old as the reign of their dignity. Since, according to the fore­ Andrea e Gregorio al Monte intitualatus or ineardinatus. It Pope Simplicius (468-83), these In the course of time other going, the name of “cardinal" Cclio, Sts. XII Apostoli, St. Bal- became the usual designrtion of Cardinal- were wont to charitable institutions took the was linked with participation bina, St. Bartolommeo all'Isola, every priest belonging to a cen­ conduct Divine service at the place of the original deaconrics. and co-operation in the Papal St. Bernardo allc Terme, Sts. tral or Episcopal church, an three principal cemetery At the end of the sixth century Mass, or in ecclesiastical serv­ Bonifacio ed Allessio, St. Cal- ecclesiastical curdo (Lat for churches (S t Peter, St. Paul, Gregory the Great had 18 dea­ ices at the principal Papal isto, St. Ceceilia, St. Clemente, hinge). Lastly it was equivalent St Laurence), and later on at cons. Under Benedict Vll churches o f , it need not St. Crisogono, St. Groce in Geru- to principalis, i.e., excellent, su­ ^le same churches-raised (with (684-85) we meet with mon- surprise us that, by reason of salemme, St. Eusegio, St. Glov^ perior. and is 80 used by St. ^St Mary Major) to patriarchal osteria dioconioe. Adrian I analogous participation in these anni a Porta Latina, Sts. Giov­ Augustine. rank. To each of these four (772-95) fixed at 18 the number services, other Roman ecclesias­ anni e Paolo, St. Girolamo degli The origin, development, and churches were assigned seven of the diaconal churches, nor tics, from the down­ Schiavoni, S t Lorenzo in Da- modifications of this office will Cardinals; the latter were there­ was there any alteration of this wards, came to bear the title of masco, St. Lorenzo in Panisp- be treated as follows: I. Cardi­ fore 28 in number. number until the 16th century. Cardinal. Cardinal- erna, Sts. Marcelino e Pietho, S t nal-priests; n. Cardinal-deacons; C hief Assistant In consequence, from the end are often mentioned, and once Marcello, St. Marco, St. Maria in. Cardinal-; IV. Cardi- of the 11th to the end of the even Cardinal-. In the degli Angeli, St. Maria della T o P o p e nalitial , titles, and dea- 12th century, the number of “ Commentarius electionis Gre- Pace, St. Maria della Scala, S t For the 12th century we have conries; V. Relations of the car­ cardinal-deacons was fixed per­ gorii V II" the electors are said Maria della Vittoria, St. Maria the statement of Johannes Dia- dinals to the Bishops; VI. Rela­ manently at 18. The chief source to be “ Romance ecclesiae cardi- del Popolo, St. Maria in Arceli, coRUS. The eldest of these Cardi­ tions of the Cardinals to the of this enlargement of their nales clerici, acoliti, subdiaconi, St. Maria in Cosmedin, St. Maria nal-priests acted as their head; Pope; VII. Nomination of Cardi­ number was the addition of the diaconi, presbyteri.” in Transpontina, S t Maria in 1 was known as archipresbyter, nals; VIII. Duties of Cardinals; six diaconi palatini and their Trastevere, St. Maria in Via, S t and was the chief and immedi­ Tem poral W ork IX. Rights of Cardinals; X. The , i. e., the ecclesias­ Maria sopra Minerva, St. Maria ate assistant of the Pope at all . tical officers whose duty it was I n c r e a s e d Nuova e St. Francesca Romana, ecclesiastical functions; from the Title E arly to serve in turn during the week HI. Cardinal-Bishops.— In the Sts. Nereo ed Achilleo. St. Ono- twelfth century he was known as at the Papal Mass. course of time and according as frio, St. Pancrazio, St. Pietro in G iven Priests cardinalium presbv- the Papal headship of the Montorio, St Pietro in Vincoli, I, Caroinal-Puests. — U n til terorum. Assisted at Church manifested itself more S t Prassede, St. Prisca, S t Pu- late in the Middle Ages the title U. Cardinal-Deacons.—Beside Papal Mass and more, the volume of eccles­ dendana, Sts. Quattro CoronaU. of Cardinal was given to promi­ the attached to each Ro­ The above-mentioned Johannes iastical and temporal business Sts. Quirico e Giulitta, S t Sa­ nent priests of important man Church, there was in the Diaconus describes as follows increased increased greatly at bina, Sts. SUvestra e Martino ai churches, e. g., at Constanti- city a “regionary” clergy of al­ the manner in which these Rome, in consequence of which Monti. St. Silveatro in Capita, Dople, Milan, Ravenna, Naples, most equal antiquity, so called eighteen Cardinal-deacons at the called in neighboring St. Sisto, St. Stefano al Monte Sens, Trier, Magdeburg, and because of its relations to the slated at the Papal Mass; On Bishops to represent them at Celio, St. Susanna, St. Tom- Cologne. In keeping with this ecclesiastical regiones or quar­ certain great feasts. Bishops of Episcopal functions and to aid maso in Farione, SU. Trinita al custom we find Uie term Cardt- ters Into which, after the fashion rank say Mass on the them with their counsel. They Monte Pincio, St. Vitale, Sts. niles applied at Rome from the of the municipal regions, Chris­ altar of the Lateran . also followed the custom, wide­ Gervasio e Protasio. The card!- end of the fifth century to tian Rome was at an early date When the Pope says Mass there spread in the early medieval pe­ nalitial deaconries arc: St. Maria priests permanently attached .3 divided. For the care of the poor must also be present, with their riod, of dealing with import in Via Lata, St. Adriano al Poro the (twenty-five to twenty-eight) the city was divided into seven archdeacon, the six palatine dea ant questions in synodal meet­ Romano, St. Agata alia Suburra, Roman (ttult, or quasi-parisbes regions, each of which was ad­ cons, whose duty it is to read ings. St. Angelo in Peseheria, S t Ce- fquasi dioeceses), belonging to ministered by a . the Gospel in the [Papal] pal­ The “ Liber Pontificalis" says sareo in Paltio, Sts. Cosma e the church of the Bishop of The “L iber Pontificalis” ace, and in the Lateran Basilica; of Stephen III (768-772): That Damiano, St. Eustachio, S t Rome, the Pope—therefore to dates this division into seven also the 12 regionary deacons the Pope, as a diligent custo­ Giorgia in Velabro, St. Maria the Cardo ecclesiae par excel­ regions from the time of Clem­ fdiacones regionarii) who are dian o f tradition ordered that ado Hartyres, St. Maria in lence—in which titnli the Sacra­ ent I, and ascribes to Popes wont to read the Gospel in the every Sunday Solemn Mass Aquiro, St. Maria in Cosmedin, ments of and Evaristus and Fabian (he assign­ "station” . should be said on the altar of St. Maria in Dominica, St. Maria were administered, and which ment o f the regions to as many These 18 Deacons have each a St Peter, in the Lateran Bas­ in Portico, St. Nicola in Carere were also often called tituli cor- deacons. It says of Clement church at Rome; they arc also, ilica, by one of the seven Car TuUiano, Sts. Vito, Modesto e dinales. (88-87) that he divided the city adds Johannes Diaconus, canons dinal-Bishops in weekly service, Crescendo. In other words, an ecdcsiasti into seven regions and assigned o f the Lateran Basilica, The at which Mass also the “ Gloria cal division of the city for vari­ Several Churches them to as many faithful nota­ head of -deacons in Excelsis” should be sung. ous parochial purposes is attrib­ ries of the Church, whose duty was the archdeacon, also known This statement takes it for W ithout Cardinal uted to Popes of the second and it was earnestly and carefully to as prior dtaconorum cardinal- granted that at the end o f the There are, therefore, in all, third centuries. Such a division, collect in each region the acts turn. eighth century the weekly serv­ 75 churches (6-53-I6) dispos­ scarcely possible in the period of the . And of Evaristus In his quality of supervisor of ice o f the Cardinal-Bishops was able for the three orders of Car­ of persecution, is vouched for at (99-107?): he divided among the already an ancient custom. That dinals. And since, as a rule, the the end of the fifth century by priests the ‘'titles” of the city English Cardinal these Bishops also received the Cardinals number less than 70, the signatures of Roman pres­ of Rome, and ordained seven Vatican Scholar name of eptscopt eardinales is there are usually several byters present at the Council of deacons to bear wilnes.s to the intelligible enough after what churches without any Cardinal. Rome in 4d9 under Pope Sym preaching of the Bishop. has been said. Though the num­ V. Relations of the Cardinals machus (cf. A. Thiel, Epistolae to the Bishops.— The Cardinals C o l l e c t e d ber of Cardinal-Bishops has al­ Romanorum Pontificum Genu- were, therefore, from a very Acts of M artyrs ways been seven, their partic­ Inae. Brunsberg, 1868, 651 sqq.). ular sees have not shared the early period, assistants o f the Much more credible is These were thence­ same fixity. Pope, in his liturgical functions, forth known as cardinaUs. Not statement in the life of Fabian in the care of the poor, the ad­ all the numerous priests at (236-250): he divided the “re- D i o c e s e s ministration of Papal finances tached to these titular churches fdons” among the deacons and Set at Seven and possessions, and the synodal were known as eardinales, but, created seven sub-deacons, whom In the entourage and service disposition of important mat­ in keeping with the then current he placed over the notaries, that of the Pope we meet not only ters. They look on a very much use of cardirults as the equiva­ the latter might collect with fi­ Bishops of Ostia, Porto, Albano, greater importance, however, lent of prtnctpoltt (see above), delity and completeness the acts Praencste, and Silva Candida, after the decree of Nicholas only the first priest in each such of the martyrs; he also com­ but also Bishops of , Ga- II (1059) “In nomine Domini,” church—let us say tihe archi- manded many buildings U be bil, Tivoli, Anagni, Nepi and regulating Papal elections. . put up in the cemeteries. Segni. In accordance with this docu­ In this way there arose in each It is only since the beginning ment (he election of the Pope Supervisors of the regions an edifice (dta- of the 12th century that the Car- and the government of the O f D iscipline conio) for the reception of the dinalitial dioceses were finally Church, during (be vacancy of According to a constitution of poor, and close by a church. fixed as the seven in the imme­ the Apostolic Sec, fell more and John VIII, published between These regionary deacons were diate vicinity of Rome, hence more into their bands;; they 673 and 8 ^ , these cardinal- wont to subscribe the acts of suburbicariae; Ostia, P o r t o , passed to them exclusively after priests (presbi/teri eardinales) Roman synods and other docu­ Santa Rufina (Silva Candida). the of Alexander III, were the supervisors of eccle­ ments of dtoconi eeeelesiae Ro- Albano, Sabina, Tusculum "Licet de vitanda,” at the Third siastical discipline at Rome and manae, or deacons of the Roman (Frascati). Praeneste (Palest­ Lateran Council (1179). also ecclesiastical judges. We Church, sometimes, probably, Cardinal William Godfrey was rina). We may add to this that after read in this constitution “De jure adding their proper re^on. when In the 12th century the num­ the cessation of Papal journeys cardinalium” that the pope com­ Thereby also were expressed the he was named by Pius xn in ber of the Cardinalitial dioceses to the different nations of Chris­ mands them to meet at least fixity of their relations to the 1956 to be Archbishop of West­ was diminished by one, when tendom and of the Roman twice a month, in their own or church of the Bishop of Rome minster, England’s senior arch- Callistus II united Santa Ru­ synods under Papal presidency, other churches, to investigate and their obligation to assist iepiscopal see. Cardinal Godfrey fina (Silva Candida) with Porto, the Cardinals remained almost their own lives and those of the him at liturgical functions. was made Archbishop of Liver­ so that only six remained. In the only counsellors and lega­ clergy, the relations of superiors It was natural enough, there­ pool in 1953. Prior to that he the Middle Ages, therefore, the tes of .the Popes. Henceforth and inferiors, and in general to fore, that the terra eardinales served for 15 years as Apostolic Cardinals should have numbered their functions were equivalent check all violations of the laws; should very soon be applied to Del^lte to Great Britain, the 53 or 54. As a rule, however, to those of the "permanent also to settle, as far as is pos­ these regionary deacons fdiaconi first since the reign of King they were fewer; after the 13th synod” and the syncelli at Con­ sible in the Papal court, all con­ eardinales), as well as to the James U. century their number often sank stantinople. flicts between laymen and eccle- aforem entioned twenty-eight Looked upon as the Church­ considerably. Under Alexander The place and the occasion siastics. The Pope, he says, is priests of the immediate Papal man who has the closest con­ IV (1 2 5 ^ 1 ) there were hut of this manifold activity of the like Moses in gentleness of gov­ entourage in ecclesiastical func­ tact with the British govern­ seven Cardinals. Cardinals was the consistory, ernment, while the administra­ tions. ment, he possesses a wide un­ IV. Cardinalitial Dioceses. i.e., the reunion of the Cardi­ tion of the cardinals recalls the In the Middle Ages the eccle­ do-standing of the Church in Titles, and Deaconries.—The ac­ nals and the Pope. In it were paternal character of the sev­ siastical divisions of Rome into Great Britain and Is a Vatican tual cardinalitial dioceses are regularly treated questions of enty elders who sat as judges seven regions disappeared, ow­ scholar with an international Ostia and Velletri. Porto and faith and important disclipinary under the paMarch’s control. ing to the changes in Roman outlook. Santa Rufina, Frascati (Tus­ (T u rn to Page 7 — Column 1) PAG E TH R E E EXPERT ON -AMERICAN AEFAIRS Cardinal O'Hara Ranks as Eminent U.S. Educator An eminent scholar and edu­ cator known throughout the W here Cardinals Western Hemisphere, Cardinal John F. O’Hara, C.S.C., Arcji- W i l l G a t h e r .... bishop of Philadelphia, has also won distinction as an adminis­ trator and speaker and served ably as wartime Military Dele­ gate. As a teacher, and later presi­ dent at Notre University he became well known person­ ally to thousand.s o f alumni from coast to coast. The religious bul­ letins and surveys he issued dur H ing those years were read and m studied far beyond the limits of the campus. I ’. i E x p e r t o n Latin A m erica An expert in Latin American affairs, he has lived in and vis­ [V ited many of the countries south of the border and was named one of the United States dele­ gates to the eighth Inter-Ameri­ can Congress by President Roosevelt He was born May I, 1888, in ■ 4^ Ann Arbor. Mich., the son of 1 » John W. and EUa C. O’Hara. His e ,r -i family later moved to Peru, Ind., v v v v where he attended public and parochial schools. In 1905 his father, who was . > W ' in the United States Consular Sorvice. was sent to Montevideo, i . Uraguay. The future Cardinal attended the Jesuit Colegio del Sagrada Corazon there for sev­ i s . eral months and then served for half a year as secretary to U.S. to Uruguay, Edward C. r i-r O’Brien. M ade Business S u r v e y s Li Forced to resign in 1906 be­ ST. PETER'S BASILICA, the newly named Cardinals will of Popes including St. Peter,]princely position. This spot has cause of ill health, he went to central Church of Christendom, galher Dec. 15. In a ceremony the new Cardinab will receive seen the coining and going of Argentina to recuperate. On his will be the place where the in the Basilica, the resting place the Red Hat symbolic o f their Cardinals o f many ages. return to Montevideo later in I the year he made business sur­ vice president during the pre­ apolis. Among the other visitors tion and adopted a policy of In August, 1951, he was ap­ veys for the American Bureau of ceding year and had earlier been were five Senators and six Rep­ abolishing separate and pointed vice president of the Commerce in an effort to find a member of the Provincial resentatives. schools for Negroes. Permanent Committee on Inter­ new markets for North Ameri­ Council himself. M ade B uffalo. N .Y.. At Buffalo Bishop O'Hara national Eucharistic Congresses. can products. During his term as president Bishop in 1945 continued an impressive annual Four months later he was He spent the next year in of the university, Notre Dame In March, 1945, he was named ceremony instituted by Bishop made Archbishop of Philadel­ after his father had been made notable progress with the Bishop of Buffalo to succeed Duffy. It was the custom of phia, one of the nation’s largest transferred to the consulate in addition of new courses and the Santos. Bishop John A. Duffy, who had bringing babies from all parts sees. It was the second time he attainment’of outstanding of the to St. Joseph's He returned to this country died several months earlier. He succeeded to a post formerly achievements in the various de­ once a year so that held by the late Cardinal Dennis in 1908 and in January, 1909, was installed May 8 in St. Jo­ partments. they might receive the Bishop's Dougherty, who was Archbishop entered Notre Dame University. seph's Cathedral by Archbishop In December, 1938, President blessing. He blessed as many as of Philadelphia for 33 years Me was graduated as a Bachelor Spellman. Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed 6.000 babies at a single one of until his death in May. 1951. The of Philosophy in 1911 and en­ As Bishop of Buffalo he him as one of the members of these ceremonies. Cardinal had previously been tered the of the Con­ added to his already great repu­ the United States delegation to Bishop of Buffalo. gregation of the Holy Cross the tation as an administrator and In 1946, following the end of the Eighth Inter-American Con­ same year. speaker, and educational institu­ the war in the Pacific, Bishop Archbishop O’Hara was in­ gress in Lima, Peru. tions continued to recognize his O'Hara and the late Bishop Mi­ stalled in Sts. Peter and Paul's O r d a i n e d While in South America he prowess as a teacher by confer­ chael J. Ready of Columbus Cathedral in January, 1952, by I n 1 9 1 6 made an extensive survey of its upon him various honors. went to Japan at the request of Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Ci- He was ordained Sept. 9,1916, school system. The following He was noted for his strong the Holy See to study the con­ cognani, Apostolic Delegate to in the Indianapolis Cathedral by June he headed an American stand against racial discrimina- dition of the Church there. the United States. the late Bishop Joseph Char- social service commission to trand of Indianapolis. He then Venezuela, at the invitation of SEVERAL INNOVATIONS MADE BY lOHN XXIII took a year of graduate work in President Lopez Contreras of Latin American history at the that country. During bis stay Catholic University of America, there he arranged scholarships and a course in banking at the for Venezuelan students who Appointments Bring Total University of Pennsylvania. wanted to study in the United In 1917 he returned to Notre States. Dame, where be was named pro­ fessor and of religion, N am ed M ilitary In College of Cardinals to 75 a post he held until 1934. There D elegate in 1939 ('Conlinued Front Paffe One) is Cardinal Gaetano Cicog­ College will have 29 Italian he founded and was made In 1939 he was named Titular nani, Prefect of the Sacred members and 46 non-Italian. of the College of Commerce. He signor Tardini Secretary of Bishop of Mylasa and appointed also set up Notre Dame's Latin State. Congregation of Rites. The list gives 13 new Car­ Military Delegate. Auxiliary American courses. The list involves several There are 75 ancient dinals to , two each to Bishop of the Army and Navy In 1920 he established a stu­ innovations. The total com­ the U.S.A. and France, and Diocese. He was consecrated by churches in Rome which dent exchange program with one each to Mexico, Uru­ Archbishop, now Cardinal, Spell­ plement of the Sacred Col­ have been traditionally dis­ leading Latin American univer­ man in Church at lege is raised to 75. Mexico posable as titular churches guay, England, Spain, Aus­ sities, in connection with which Notre Dame Jan. 15, 1940. is designated to have a Car­ for the three orders of Car­ tria, and Germany. he visited Panama and five dinal for the first time. dinals— Bishops, priests, John XXIII named Monsi­ South American countries. As Military Delegate he vis­ ited members of the armed and deacons. gnor Tardini Vatican Secre­ C o n d u c t e d Exception M ade forces in various parts of the The number of Cardinals tary of State at an audi­ To Law News Service country and baptized and con­ reached 76 in the time of ence in the Consistorial Hall For a time Father O’Hara firmed many soldiers and sail­ In naming Archbishop Gregory XIII (1585-1590) granted to the entire per­ ors. His headquarters were in conducted a ' Latin American Amleto Giovanni Cicognani but Sixtus V with his consti­ sonnel of the Secretariat of news service. His releases, New York, where he was also to be a Cardinal an excep­ State. assigned to St. Cecelia’s church tution Post quam Versus, printed in Spanish, went to 75 tion has been made to canon Monsignor Tardini had newspapers. He was also prom to help care for a congregation Dec. 3, 1806, limited the delivered a brief message of inent for several .years in the that included a large number law, canon 232, c. 3, which number to 70. That rule re­ affairs of the National Foreign of . stipulates that those are mained in force until now. homage to the Pope and in Trade Council. barred from receiving the response the Pontiff said; Shortly after bis 49 N on-Italian In 1934 he was elected presi­ he was appointed by President dignity “who are related in “We will no longer call you dent of Notre Dame by the Pro­ Roosevelt as one o f the 18 mem­ the first or second degree C a r d i n a l s our Pro-Secretary of State vincial Council of the Holy bers of the Board of Visitors of of consanguinity .to any With the creation of the but our Secretary of State.” Cross Fathers. He had served as the U. S. Naval Academy at An- living Cardinal.” His new Cardinals the Sacred (NCWC Radio and Wire] PAGE FO U R CARDINAL GODFREY First Apostolic Delegate in England Since 1688 With the appointment of in the Sacred College of Cardi-I he was first named by the Holy appointed by the Vatican to be time he was appointed Arch­ Archbishop William Godfrey of nals. The nation has been with-| See to be Papal Visitor of sem­ the Papal Charge d' Adairs to bishop of West^nster, Eng­ Westminster, England, to the out representation since the' inaries and ecclestiastical col­ the Republic of Poland. land’s senior Archiepiscopal See. Cardinalate by John XXIII, Eng­ death o f Cardinal Griffin in leges in En^and, Wales, and Becam e Shepherd This b the post he held at the land again has a representative 1956. Malta. In December o f the same time of his appointment to the Of N ative City Cardinal Godfrey, now 69, has year he was consecrated Titular College of Cardinals. had an illustrious career in the Archbishop of Cius and was ap­ He remained Apostolic Dele­ A former professor of the Milan Cardinal Church and Is considered a pointed Apostolic Delegate to gate to England until 1953, Classics and oE Philosophy, ''Vatican scholar with an Inter­ England, Malta, and Gibraltar. when be was appointed by the Cardinal Godfrey also has writ­ Well Skilled national outlook.” He Is also This appointment marked the late Pius XII to the Archbishop­ ten widely for Catholic publica­ known to be on extremely first time that the Holy See had ric of Liverpool, which was also tions and has published two friendly and understanding had an Apostolic Delegate in the place of his birth. He re­ books on spiritual conferences: In Diplomacy terms with the British Govern­ England since the reign of King mained for three years in liver- T*ie Young Apostle and God and ment. James II, which ended in 1688. pool—until the death of Cardi­ Ourselves. His hobby is classical "Every compromise of atheis­ In 1943, Cardinal Godfrey was nal Griffin in 1956, at which music. tic hides a secret A recent article in the Lon­ plan to disarm and subjugate don Times described him as a RAISED TO SACRED COLLEGE IN 1946 whoever deals with it.” Thus “warm and friendly” spoke Archbishop Giovanni B. “ With a visitor in his study, his Montini of Milan in 1956, one manner recalls his work at of the 23 prelates elevated to (Durham, Eng­ land) and at the English College jCardinal Spellman Best Known the rank of Cardinal by John XXIII on Nov. 17. in Borne, when his time was free for anyone who wished to The new Cardinal has spent see him. Anyone who has met many years of his Church ca­ him knows that he is retiring Of Churchmen in United States reer in the Vatican diplomatic and deeply spiritual.” services. In addition to iKing the Head o f two of the world's the fall of 1911 unUI June. 19;6, raised to the Hierarchy there. Shepherd of the Milan See, one P relate's Rise most populous Sees and a lm o s t attending classes at the Propa­ In April, 1939, only a month certainly the most widely tra- ganda College and living at the after his election to the Papacy, of the most ancient and historic Began in 1930 cities in Italy, Cardinal Montini history, North American College. On Pius XII named Bishop Spell­ Cardinal Godfrey's spectacu­ has served as Vatican Pro-Sec­ Francis S pellm S, Hay 14, 1916, he was ordained man Archbishop of New York to retary of State for Ordinary Af- lar rise in the Church began in l^chbishop of New York and in Rome by Archbishop Ceptelli, fill the vacancy created several fairs and Substitute Papal Secre­ 1930, when he was splinted Mihtary Vicar of the United Patriarch of Constantinople and months earlier by the death of tary of State. of the English College in States, IS one of the outstand­ Vicegerent of Rome. A month Cardinal Patrick Hayes. Rome. At the same lime, he was ing national and world figures later he received his doctorate Visited U .S. created a Domestic Prelate by of our time. ® in theology, after which he re­ A p p o i n t e d I n 1 9 5 1 Pius XI. Cardinal Godfrey re­ H e Is the spiritual ruler o f turned home to Whitman. M ilitary Vicar mained as rector of the English S ^ e 2,000.000 A m e r ic a n Cath- In 1951 Cardinal Montini I m p r e s s e d Soon after Archbishop Spell­ made a memorable trip to the College for eight years, in o b c ^ t h e 1.320,000 who live man's installation in S t Pat­ P i u s X I U.S. He visited many Catholic which time he also served the *“ *5® New York archdiocese rick's Cathedral on May 23, institutions and traveled to vari­ Holy See in several important and the hundreds of thousands During the Holy Year of 1939, World War II broke out ous American cities, among them capacities. He was appointed a W h o are serving in the nation's 1925 he accompanied a pilgrim­ in Europe and America began Washington. D,C.; St. Louis, Chi­ member of the Supreme Council armed forces. age to Rome, where e so im­ to rebuild its armed forces. To cago, and Denver. of the Propaganda Fidei in The Cardinal is probably pressed the Holy Father— then care for the millions of Catho­ 1935 and the same year was known to more of his Pope Pius XI— with his trans­ lics who were soon to join the Born in Brescia of wealthy chosen to accompany Cardinal cit^ns, both Catholic and non- lating skill that he was named armed services the Archbishop parents, Cardinal Montini orig­ Lepicier as a member of the Catholic, than any other Amer­ to a post in the Vatican Secre­ was appointed Military Vicar of inally intended to become a Papal Legation to Malta. ican churchman, as well as to tariat of State, the first Amer­ the United Stales on Dec. II, lawyer and began bis university countless thousands of persons ican priest to hold an 1939. It was as Ordinary of the stBdies with this object in mind. In 1937, the Holy Father named Cardinal Godfrey to be in TOMy other countries post there. In 1929, after four Army and Navy diocese, which After becoming interested in throughout the earth. He has years of service in the Secre­ .the offidal Papal representa­ grew to be the world's most , however, he circled globe several times tariat, he was raised to the populous see as mil- changed to theological studies tive to the coronation of King George VI. in addition to numerous trips rank of Monsignor. tary might was mustered, that and was ordained in 1920. to Europe. Utin America, the In June, 1932, Monsignor he became one of the nation's In 1954 the late Pius XII The following year, 1938, F," all parts o f the Spellman was named Titular most notable wartime figures. named the new Cardinal to the which was one of the most im­ United States. Bishop o f Sila to serve as Aux­ At home during the postwar Episcopacy. portant for the new Cardinal, Aside from these accomplish­ iliary Bishop of Boston. On Sept. years Cardinal Spellman con­ ments he is also famous for 8 he was consecrated by Cardi­ tinued to build up his archdio­ ftis many works o f charity, es nal PaceUl in St. Peter's Basil­ cese. He was named a Cardinal pecialJy those on behalf of or­ ica, the first American ever in 1946. phans and the v ic tim s o f war and natural disasters. Is# C onsecrofed t I A # S t , P e t e r ' s The first American priest to serve as an attache of the Vati­ can Secretariat o f State, he was the ^anslator for the English of the first World-Wide Papal radio b ro a d ■i: cast. Later he became the first American Bishop to be conse- r S n i"

town o f Whitman, Mass., the son o f Ellen (Conway) and Wil Jiara Spellman, a wcH-fonlo gro­ cer. He spent his youth ia his home town where be attended Whitman ^ student, 0-1 particularly in Latin, he was •Iso a g ^ athlete, playing on his high school football and baseball teams. To earn his PiKket money he helped his father in the family grocery store and delivered newspapers. S e n t t o S o m e By Cordinol In September, 1907. he cn tered , where he made an excellent Kademic record, starred on the debating team end worked for the Fordham J/onlh/p, report " V.' f- . -1—. j:

decided to enter the priesthood and w « sent to Rome for his thedogical studies by the late CMdinal 0 CoimeU of Boston. Cordinol Giovanni Montini He remained in Rome from Cordinol Francis Spellman PAGE FIV E ONCE TURNED DOWN RED HAT Cardinal Tardini Distinguished Church Official One of the Church's most im­ tary of State for Ordinary Af- N ative of Rom e of the Sacraments in December, Tardini Pro-Secretary o f State portant and distinguished of­ fa in . fn December, 1937, he was 1920, and the following August for Extraordinary Affairs in O rdained in 1922 ficials, Cardinal Domenico Tar- named Secretary of the Congre­ was appointed a “ minutante” 1652 at the same time that he dim, newly named Papal Secre­ gation for Extraordinay Affairs. Cardinal Tardini was born in (clerk) in the Congregation for made Cardinal Montini Pro-See- tary of State, has also earned In 1952, along with Monsignor Rome on Feb. 29, 1068. He Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Af­ rctary for Ordinary Affairs. The a reputation as an outstanding Giovanni B. Montini, now Arch­ studied for the priesthood at fairs. While a professor, he two men were the first within theologian and has found time bishop of Milan and likewise a the Roman Seminary where he wrote a notable t^ k on sacra­ living memory to be given these to do considerable pastoral newly made Cardinal, he was received degrees in theology mental theology, which was pub­ titles. work. raised to the unnsual title of and philosophy. He was or­ lished in 1923. In his job Cardinal Tardini After serving for nine years Pro-Secretary o f State and in dained Sept. 20, 1912. In March, 1922, he was made headed the section of the Vati* as a well-known theology pro­ 1952 these two men were Immediately after his ordi­ a Papal Chamberlain. A year can Secretariat of State which fessor in bis native city of Rome, awarded a rare honor by the nation he was appointed pro­ later he became ecclesiastical as­ receives reports from Papal where he has spent virtually his Pope, who granted them preced­ fessor oi sacramental theology sistant of the men’s division of and other diplomatic whole life. Cardinal Tardini be­ ence over everyone except Car­ and liturgy at the seminary he Italian Catholic Action, going representatives in all parts of came associated with the Secre­ dinals and gave to them many bad attended, remaining at this to the youth division In Novem­ the world and sends them their tariat o f SUte in 1921. In 1935 of the special canonical privil­ post until 1921. He was named ber, 1925. instructions, which deals with he was named Substitute Secre­ eges o f Cardinals. a of the Congregation In June, 1929, be was pro­ the appointment of Bishops and moted to the post of undersec­ which negotiates concordats and MADE PRINCE OF CHURCH IN 1953 retary of the Congregation of treaties on behalf of the Holy Extraordinary Affairs and in See. August of the same year was raised to the rank of a Domestic G ranted Rights Cardinal McIntyre Rejected Prelate. O I C a r d i n a l Cardinal Tardini was elected Another distinction was given a member of the Pontifical the new Cardinal in 1953 when Academy o f St. the two pro-secretanes were Wall Street for Priesthood and the Catholic Religion In granted privileges virtually 1932 and later in the year was equal to those of Cardinals. James Francis Aloysius Mc­ available for be eventually finished courses named a member of the Papal Among other things, they were Intyre wanted only to be a the McIntyre youth to attend, at the City College of New York Mission going to the Eucharistic permitted by the Holy Father priest. He became a Cardinal. so he made his elementary and at Columbia University. (Congress in , Ireland. to take places of precedence im­ Back in 1915, young Mr. Mc­ studies in public schoob and Becam e M anager mediately behind the Cardinals Intyre—be was 28 years old at was graduated from P.S. 70. On Com m ission at ecclesiastical functions and to the time—was meeting with Trouble came soon for him. O f B roker’s Firm F o r R u s s i a preach and hear Confessions great success in Wall Street. Ris mother died when he When he was 16, he went to In 1933 he was appointed a anywhere in the world. At the Outwardly, he was a serious- was only 10 and a cousin, H. L. Horton and Co., a broker­ member of the Pontifical Com­ 1953 Consistory— at which the minded businessman highly Mrs. Mary Conley, took over age firm, and rose rapidly in mission for Russia, of which he Pope created 24 new Cardinals regarded by his firm, which had the duties of raising him. the ranks of the company, fin­ later became the president, and —Pius XII stated that it had offered him a partnership. In­ When he finished grammar ally becoming office manager. in 1934 was named a consultor been his plan to raise Monsi­ wardly, he was making a great school at tfie age of 13, he But be always kept thinking to the Sacred Congregation for gnors Tardini and Montini to decision. went to work to help support of becoming a priest. the Oriental Church. the Sacred College, but that he In 1652, on Nov. 29, to be his ailing father. In 1915 his father died, Young In 1935 Cardinal Tardini was had respected their wishes when exact, this same James Francis Mr. McIntyre felt free now to promoted to the post o f Sub­ both had asked him not to do so. McIntyre was named a Prince H eld Steadfast fulfil] his life-long ambition. stitute Secretary of State for Cardinal Tardini is the foun­ o f the . His To Boirhoed D ream He resigned from the Horton Ordinary Affairs and made sec­ der and director of the Villa story is one of a long-cherished firm, despite being offered a retary of the Pontifical Commis­ Nazareth, a home housing and ambition that survived the ma­ But always in bis mind he partnership if he would stay. He sion for the Interpretation of caring for about 70 boys. Op­ held steadfast to a dream that terial distractions of a success­ entered Cathedral College in the Code o f Canon Law. He was erated on a highly specialized was his from earliest boyhood— ful career in the world’s fi­ New York City and began his named a consultor to the Con­ program, it tries to educate that one day he would become nancial marts. studies for priesthood. His theo­ gregation of the Holy Office in carefully selected boys to be­ a priest Native oi logical studies were made at St. January, 1936. A t the end of come a Catholic elite in all In those days, brokers on the 1937 he was appointed Secretary N e w Y o r k Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie. fields of endeavor. Curb Exchange actually did bus­ for Extraordinary Affairs in the Cardinal James Francis Mc­ He was ordained by the late In Febrary. 1955, the French iness on the open curb and they Cardinal Patrick Hayes in St. Intyre, Archbishop of Los An­ Secretariat of State and secre­ Ambassador to the Holy See needed boys with strong lungs Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, tary of the Sacred Congregation geles, was born in New York conferred the of and kgs to run their orders to on May 21, 1921. for Extraordinary Affairs. He City, June 25, 1886, the son of the French Legion of honor buy and sell. The 13-year-old Cardinal Hayes made him James F. and Mary (Pelly) Mc­ also served as consultor to the upon Cardinal Tardini, in cere­ McIntyre boy became a runner of the archdiocese in Intyre. He was baptised in the Consistorial Congregation. monies at the Secretariat of on the Curb Exchange. 1934 and Pius X I named him a Church of St. Stephen. n named Cardinal Stale in the Vatican. But he continued his formal Private Chamberlain with the In those days there was no education. By studying at night, title of Very Reverend Monsig nor. He was made a Domestic Prelate with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor in 1936. N am ed AuxiJiarY T o Card. Spellm an On November 19. 1940, Mon signor McIntyre was named Tit­ ular Bishop of Cyrene and Aux­ iliary to Cardinal (then Arch­ bishop) Francis Spellman of New York. On July 20, 1946, he was named Arch bishop of New York. On Feb. 7. 1948, he was named Archbishop o f Los Angeles and was installed in that See on March 19 o f that X year. As Metropolitan-Ordinary in his own right, Archbishop Mc­ Intyre went straight to work on one of bis chief concerns—edu­ cation. His first great project in L<« Angeles was the Youth Edu­ cation Fund, a vast school con­ struction program that in less than four years saw the erec­ tion of 82 new schools in the four-county See. Pope Pius XII had named him to the Sacred College of Car­ dinals at the end o f 1952, and when Archbishop McIntyre re­ ceived the Red Hat at St. Peter’s the following January 15, he become the first American Car­ dinal on the Pacific Coast. Foughf C aliiornia School Taxation His most spectacularly suc­ cessful fight in Los Angeles was against taxation of parochial schools. Before he became Archbishop, California was the only state that imposed a tax on religious-sponsored, non-pro* fit elementary and secontoy Cordinei J. Fruncis A. Mclnfyro Nhoolt. Cardinal PAGE S IX

SHOWS KNOWLEDGE, ADMIRATION FOR U. S. Papal Delegate's Energy Amazes Even Americans Activity that is astonishing kept this professorship despite Fordham University, New York; in the National Capital, Cardinal tion!” The book is devoted to even to restless, driving the many and weighty duties and Duquesne University, Pitts­ Cicognani went to Mount Ver­ the Servants of God whose sanc­ America has characterized the which were his In the Roman burgh. non, Va., to place a wreath on tity has enriched this nation. labors of Cardinal Amleto Gio­ Congregations to which he was He is the author of the widely the tomb of (^orge Washington. Another work, The Priest in vanni Cicognani. Titular Arch attached. As a member of the known work Jus Canonicum, This visit was, in a wayj typi­ the Epistles of St. Paul, consists bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia ApoUinaris , the then and a few months after hia ap­ cal of (he Cardinal's service in of a collection of passages from and the sixth Apostolic Dele­ Monsignor Cicognani became ac­ pointment as Apostolic Dele­ this country. While the act it­ St. Paul “ on the dignity and gate to the United States. quainted with many American gate to the United States, an self was another manifestation duties of the priesthood,” de­ Already well acquainted with students in Rome. These ac­ authorized ‘version of this schol­ of the deep affection he has al­ signed to help the reflect the United States, by virtue o f quaintances continued and grew, arly work was brought out in ways exhibited for the United on the life and duties o f a two previous assignments here, so that he already had many this country under the English States concerning George Wash­ priest. Cardinal Cicognani was able friends in the United States title Canon Law. The volume is ington. his times, and all Ameri­ Cardinal Cicognani also is the upon his arrival, in 1933, to when he came here as Apostolic in three parts. The first is an can history, together with a author of XI Gran Precelto del plunge at once into the multi­ Delegate. fnfroduction to the Study of seemingly insatiable desire to Vangelo, published in 1915; farious duties of his exalted Cardinal Cicognani spent 14 Canon Law: the second, a His­ know everything possible about translated into Spanish in 1931 office. Daily he extended and years as an official of the Sa­ tory of the Sources of Canon America. by P. F. Mier, and translated consolidated his precise knowl­ cred Consistorial Congregation, Law, and the third, Commen­ This promise has been more into English by the Rev. Joseph edge of the country. Gladly and being for five years under sec­ tary on Book I of the Code. than borne out by Cardinal T. Shade in 1931 under the title. graciously he put himself at retary. Then he was named as­ Cicognani's activities in the the disposal of Catholics sessor of the Sacred Congrega­ PafienI Research The Great Commandment of the United States since that day. Gospel in the Early Church. throughout the length and tion for the Oriental Church, of Is R evealed Time and again, and frequently It is typical o f the broad and breadth of the land. In a re­ which the Pope himself is This work has been described at a great personal sacrifice, he human interest of Cardinal markably short time there was Prefect, and of which Cardinal as filling “ the need in English has journeyed to distant points Cicognani that he paid a num­ not a section of the country that Luigi Sencero was then the sec­ of a scholarly and reasoned pre­ in the United States — not only ber oi visits to prisoner-of-war had not been charmed by bis retary. A large program con­ sentation of the elementary to lend his great personal en­ camps shortly after they were presence, nor an important fronted the then Monsignor knowledge necessary to the couragement to some worthy established in this country and Catholic activity that bad not Cicognani from the moment he proper understanding of Canon cause, but also that he might has officiated at been encouraged by his words. took office as assessor of this Law.” Every page discloses pa­ know America and its . people ceremonies for many prisoners The credit for the Church’s congregation. tient research and that sense of better. Cardinal Cicognani has of war and American service progress in the U.S. during Although he had no previous proportion which can be ob­ been more than generous in ac­ men. his tenure as Apostolic Dele­ acquaintance with the special tained only from a thorough ac­ cepting invitations to address gate, Cardinal Cicognani be­ demands of this particular quaintance with the subject. “ It important Catholic gatherings. Consecrafes lieves, goes to individual branch of the Church's work, he is not an elementary book on And in many instances when it M any Bishops priests "so absorbed in their quickly became expert in all canon law, it is a summa of all was impossible for him to at He has administered Holy own projects and so deter­ matters pertaining to his posi­ that should precede and accom­ tend in person, he interrupted Orders to numerous American mined to succeed that they tion. and organized the congre­ pany the study of the canons his many other duties to indite candidates for the priesthood in are almost unaware of their gation on a high basis of effi­ themselves," one authority thoughtful, instructive messages the United States, especially at remarkable contribution." De­ ciency. Moreover, he undertook states. that could be read at various the Pontifical College Josephi- claring that he has been “ very extensive journeys in the in­ When he was solemnly con­ gatherings. happy here" the Delegate on terest of the congregation's secrated as Titular Archbishop num at Worthington, 0., of the occasion of his silver jubi­ work, familiarizing himself with on April 23. 1933, following his 132 D iscourses which he is ordinary. He also lee in the U.S. post landed the positions of the several Ori­ appointment as Apostolic Dele­ I n T w o V o l u m e s consecrated many Bishops in ental Rites that came within his the United States. the "great real” of American gate to the United States, the The addresses and papers pre­ province. It was said that there Bishops, priests, and relig­ ceremony took place in the pared by Cardinal Cicognani It devolved upon Cardinal was no single activity o f the ious. American Church of Santa Su­ for these numerous and varied Cicognani to superintend the es­ congregation which was not de­ Cardinal Cicognani’s great sanna in Rome, conducted by the occasions bear the hallmark of tablishment of the Apostolic veloped and accelerated during Delegation to the United States work in the United States lends . Cardinal Raf- his brilliant scholarship and to­ the five years be spent in that to obscure the fact that he had faello Carlo Rossi. O.C.D., secre­ gether form a compendium of in its new home on Massachu­ office. setts Avenue in Washington. already rendered brilliant serv­ tary of the Sacred Consistorial Catholic doctrine and thought This was accomplished in April, ices to the Church in a number W as Adviser Congregation, was the consecra- which the humblest and most 1939, with a minimum o f incon­ of different fields before he tor. Cardinal Giuseppe Plzzardo, learned can read with enjoy­ To Students venience. and while the delega­ came to America as Apostolic then Archbishop and Papal Sec ment and profit. His genuine interest in peda­ tion staff continued with its Delegate. What is more, he is relary for Extraordinary Ecclesi­ One hundred and thirty-two gogy led Monsignor Cicognani orderly handling of the volumi­ recognized not only as a diplo­ astical Affairs, and Cardinal separate discourses — all the to a very close association with nous business which comes be­ mat, organizer and administra­ Salotti, then Archbishop and sec public utterances of Cardinal the students of the Royal Uni­ fore it. Here in this new home tor, but also as a scholar of the rotary of the Sacred Congrega­ Cicognani between the time he versity in Rome. When, through of the Holy Father's representa­ first rank, a celebrated author­ tion for the Propagation of the was named Apostolic Delegate the efforts of many, the old tive, one finds fresh proof of ity on Canon Law, a teacher of Faith, were the co-. to the United States on March chapel in the University, closed his interest in and affection for high qualifications, and an ex­ Cardinal Cicognani arrived in 17, 1933, and May 13. 1942—are since 1870, was reopened to pub­ America and things American. traordinarily successful coun­ the United States as Apostolic contained in two published vol­ lic worship. Monsignor Cico­ selor o f youth. Delegate on May 22, 1933, and umes, Addresses end Sermons. Cardinal Cicognani chcMe four gnani became the first was accorded warm receptions “ Practically all sections of the pictures to hang in the main Close Touch of St. Ivo. Not only did the both in New York and in Wash­ United States are represented salon of the Delegation, and W ith Am erica Monsignor spend as much of his ington. Shortly after his arrival in the circumstances which have they are portraits of Christo­ Some two decades before he spare time as he could at the called for these expressions of pher Columbus the Discoverer, was named Apostolic Delegate university, saying kfass for the Berlin Cardinal the mind and heart of the Apos­ George Washington the first to this country, Archbishop students and helping them gen­ tolic Delegate,” says the Most President, John Carroll the first Cicognani was appointed an erally, but be also was happy to 45 Years Old Rev. Edward Mooney. Arch­ American Bishop, and Mother official of the Sacred Consis- welcome them to his home at bishop of Detroit and Chairman Elizabeth Seton of the Sisters torial Congregation, and en­ any time, there to counsel and of the Administrative Board of of Charity in the United States, trusted with those matters hav­ guide them. the National Catholic Welfare who her devotees hope may be ing to do with the Church in At the same time, Monsignor Conference, in a foreword to the the first North American-bom the United States. Continuously Cicognani was a Consultor of first volume. . Archbishop Cicognani is since that time, even in his the Sacred Congregation of the Some of the topics upon greatly interested in Mother work with other Boman Con­ Council, the Congregation for which Cardinal Cicognani has Seton's cause for . gregation he has been in close the Propagation of the Faith, touched in these contributions An admirer and friend of the touch with the Church in and the Congregation for Extra­ to American Catholic literature work of the National Catholic America. ordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs. are: Catholic Action. Catholic Welfare Conference, Cardinal In 1924, in connection with He was also a member of the physicians and hospitals, the Cicognani has on numerous oc­ his office. Cardinal Cicognani, Pontifical Commission for Rus­ Holy Name Society, Catholic casions congratulated the Arch­ then a Monsignor, came to the sia. Unity, the Catholic Press. Cath­ bishops and Bishops o f the United States to visit the Scala- But what might be called Car­ olic lay organizations. Catholic U n it^ States on the establish­ brinl Fathers— Missionaries of dinal Cicognani’s chief work at education, the Catholic Stu­ ment and maintenance of this St Charles Borromeo—and to the time he was nameri Aposto­ dents’ Mission Crusade, Cath­ agency for the promotion of organize their work. Seven years lic Delegate to the United States olic Missions, the priesthood, unity in Catholic work. later, while serving as Assessor was the codification of the “Divine and Human Rights in Cardinal Amleto Cicognani, of the Sacred Congregation for Orienul Canon Law. In this, the Life of the Catholic Church,” this year is observing the 25th the Oriental Church, Monsignor work he collaborated with Car­ the growth of the Church in the anniversary of his appointment Cicognani again came to the dinal Pietro Gaspayri, gathering United States, and a score of as Apostolic Delegate to the United States— this time to re­ a highly valuable collection of other subjects. U. S., the 25th anniversary of his organize the offices of the Cath­ source material on Oriental Jaw Pius XII in 1957 transferred Cardinal Cicognani also is the consecration as Titular Arch­ olic Near East Welfare Associa­ and discipline, and served as Bishop (now Cardinal) Julian author of Sanctity in America, bishop of Laodicea (March 17), tion. On each of these occasiqps, secretary of the Commission ap­ Doepfner of Wuerzburg, Ger­ which was published in Decem­ anJ the 50th jubilee of his ordi­ he traveled extensively, study­ pointed for the codification. many, to the Berlin Diocese. ber, 1939, and The Priest in the nation to the priesthood (Sept. ing not only the position and Cardinal Cicognani bolds Doc­ The youngest of the German Epistles of S t Paul, published in 23). development of the Church torates in theology, philosophy, Bishops succeeded the late May, 1944, both of which have During his years in the Uni­ here, but also the advances in and law, and a diploma as advo­ Bishop William Weskamm, who gone through several editions. ted States, he ha$ consecrated education, the developments in cate before the Tribunal of the died the preceding summer. A In the inLoduction to the nearly 60 American Bishops. educational technique, and the Roman Rota. native of Wuerzburg, the new first edition of Sanctity in In h b tenure he has seen growth and efficiency of Ameri­ He also holds honorary de­ Cardinal had been prominent America, Cardinal Cicognani the U.S. Church nearly double can business practices. grees from Holy Cross College, in social work. He is 45. wrote: “ May it please Divine in size. The number of Cath­ A native of Brisighella, near Worcester, Mass.; St. John’s Divided between East and Providence to grant that Amer­ olics grew from 20,268,403 to Faenza, Italy, where he was University, , N. Y.; the West Germany, his diocese in­ ica may soon venerate in its 36,023377; the number of b