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...Thus far, there is little prospect of changes on the more intractable issues that divide Roman Catholics and their Protestant "separated brethren," e.g., papal infallibility, the traditional claim of apostolic succession, Mariolatry, increasing dependence of Catholic piety upon an increasing promulgation of miracles, saints, etc. Unless these issues are radically dealt with, the best hope is enlarging fellowship, conversation, and possibly limited cooperation between Catholics and non-Catholics; but no more than that...
...Vatican Council resumes deliberations. Three papal encyclicals are issued: Cui Bono? (on industrialization in underdeveloped countries); Sic Semper Tyrannis (on Castro's hiccoughs); and Atinlay Oseslay (on the use of the vernacular in the Mass). The New York Yankees, having won the World Series, become a public corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange...
...they look? I'm not doing anything scandalous." He pronounced himself embarrassed at being addressed as "Holiness" or "Holy Father.'' and admitted that he could not get used to thinking of himself in the plural. "Don't interrupt me?I mean us!" he once joked. He even granted a papal audience to a traveling circus, and fondly patted a lion cub named Dolly. "You must behave here," ordered John. "We are used only to the calm lion of St. Mark...
John welcomed more rulers (32) than any other Pope, and received some historic papal guests: the first Greek Orthodox sovereign to visit the Pope since the days of the last Byzantine emperor, the first Archbishop of Canterbury since the 14th century, the first chief prelate of the U.S. Episcopal Church, the first Moderator of the Scottish Kirk, the first Shinto high priest. When Jacqueline Kennedy came to visit, John asked his secretary how to address her. Replied the secretary: ' 'Mrs. Kennedy,' or just 'Madame.' since she is of French origin and has lived in France." Waiting in his private library...
...first time in his four-year reign that Pope John XXIII was seriously ill. The Vatican, canceling all papal audiences a few days after the Pontiff's 81st birthday, at first reported that the Pope had a case of influenza. But the real trouble, it said later, was a gastric illness that had provoked a "rather intense anemia." There was speculation, although no confirmation, that he had an ulcer. Put to bed and on a strict diet, he seemed cheerier after a few days...