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PoPEJ0llt xxru BULLETIN The conclave lo elect a successor io Pope John XXlll will open on Wednesday evening, June 19. Ballot- ing is scheduled to begin lhe next morping.
VA'I'ICAN CIl'Y-'Ihc body of Pope .Iohn XXIII rvas carried into St. Petcr"s basilica along thc same roulc ovcr which thc Portiff hart been ttot'ne on his nortablc thloue niue rnonths earlier to opeu the ecttmenicai council. Despite ovelcerst skies, hundrcds of thousancls of Romans and visitors lillcd the vast scluare in front of thc basilica to pay tribute to tlteir belovcrl Pope John, rvho dietl on Pentecost l,lonelay evening (Junc 3) at 7:49 p.m. after four days of suffering. L,ong before the proce,ssion cmcrgerl (June 4) florn the grcat bronze dool's of thc apcstolic palacc at thc right oI r|||ilil1iltilllltiliit|illiit||||itilt||||||||||illll||illllli|||||Illl|||llIit||||||i|||||r||Iilllit|||||llIllIllIr||[i1ii Editor's Nole-A four.plge supplemenlconlaining stories and piclureson the life of PopeJohn XXlll is includedwilh this issue of The Crilerion, Also see lrlicler on Prge 2 rnd editorialcom" ment on Prge 4.
the basilictr, thc pcople ltoarrl tlte sorrorvful IIT]CIIA[tISl'IC ORSIIR VAI\C U the Julian Choir. 'fhe rvorcls of the pcuitcntial Psalm, I\'Iiserele, carlicd "llave into thc scplare: tnclcy on rne, O fiocl, accorcling to thy gLcat mercy." HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN XXIII The proeession fotrrretl in tlrc Royal llall of the \raticarr T.'hreedeuneries set 'fhc Palaca, Popc's borly rvrs brought dorvn ll'om thc lloor "scdiari." above on a bict' carlicd bv tlte thc men rvho llore thc prqial tlrlorre cluling Fope John's lifctirne. ,A CAUSE TO ilIOTJITI{' As thc proccssiou urovcrl slorvly ortt of the llronze tlools, the '['heir bclls of St. Pctcr's bcgan tlrcir luneral tolling, rlcep notcs "Citst rites minglcrl rvith the cltartt: utc not arvay lrom tlty lacc; and Christi joy Corpus takr: not the lloly Spilit florn ntc, Iteslore unto ttre tlte of Ilty stlvation antl str'cnglhcn ttre nitlt r pet'fcct spirit." Iteligious,civic leaders Cltt'isli Ilallies at'c Corpus THE PROCE55IQN rvas a spectacle of Rcnaissnnce beauty antl being planncd rvithitt titc ponrp. It was lctl lry :r squad o{ Palltirte (luar