Word: cicognani
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...honorary chief of the Osage Indians. For last week Pope John XXIII named as his Secretary of State-to succeed Domenico Cardinal Tardini, who died at the end of July-a man who had been apostolic delegate to the U.S. for a quarter of a century: Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani...
Everybody was surprised. The obvious choice was Milan's charming and brilliant archbishop, Giovanni Cardinal Montini, 63; he had been mentioned as a candidate for the post during the reign of Pius XII, who was his own Secretary of State. Cardinal Cicognani seemed hardly in the running; he is 78, for one thing, and his long association with the U.S. might seem too obvious a bid for diplomatic relations with Washington. But after Pope John had confirmed his reputation for unpredictability by naming Cardinal Cicognani, Vatican hindsighters were quick to see how brilliant the choice had been...
...Deft Touch. In addition to his close knowledge of the increasingly important American branch of Catholicism, Cardinal Cicognani, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Eastern Church during the past four years, has become an expert on the difficult relationships in the Middle East and the Communist countries. He will thus be a valuable right hand for John during the forthcoming Ecumenical Council. In a high and delicate policy post requiring a sure and diplomatic touch, Cicognani can provide the needed deftness...
...Diplomat Cicognani was born in the small central Italian town of Brisighella, where his widowed mother ran a general store to support her two sons. Both of them became priests and distinguished themselves in Vatican affairs. Pope Pius XI sent Amleto to the U.S. as apostolic delegate in 1933. Brother Gaetano, now Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites at the Vatican, was made a cardinal in 1953-In Washington, Cicognani began his day at 6 a.m. and expected his associates to do the same. He delivered more than 4,000 speeches, consecrated 56 U.S. bishops, and ordained 800 priests...
...envoy to the Philippines since 1949. Archbishop Vagnozzi, the son of a Roman clerk, spent virtually all his career in the Vatican diplomatic service, has also had experience in the U.S. as secretary to the Apostolic Delegation from 1932 to 1942. In the U.S. post, Vagnozzi succeeds Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, whose new duties include posts in three of the Sacred Congregations...