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...Vatican last week were holy stirrings. Pope Pius XI was to address the Cardinals and add to their number, which Death had depleted from 70 (full strength) to 58. A secret consistory was held. Silver trumpets sounded. The great Sistine choir chanted. There were parades and regalias...
...Pius XI created only one new Cardinal, postponed other elevations until December, made only brief remarks. "Certain events have taken place with which we shall deal later on in the year," he said, evidently referring to friction between the Papal State and Fascist Italy since the signing of their Concordat (TIME...
Cardinal Schuster will later be consecrated Archbishop of Milan, an office once held by Pius XI himself and by the late Cardinal Eugenius Tosi. His full title will then be Cardinal Archbishop. His elevation brought the number of Italian Cardinals to 27, as against 32 men of other nations...
...Mother Mary Magdalene is canonized she will be the seventh saint created during the pontificate of Pius XI. Others are: St. John Eudes, who at the age of 14 vowed himself to perpetual chastity. preached in Normandy, founded in 1641 the Institute of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge; St. John Baptist Vianney (1786-1859), famed parish priest of the little French village of Ars; St. Magdalen-Sophy Barat (1779-1865), foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart; St. Mary Magdalen Postel (1756-1846), foundress of the Sisters of Mercy of Christian Schools; St. Peter Canisius...
...next long-expected secret consistory for the creation of new Cardinals. The only elevation known in advance was that of Mgr. Idlefonso Schuster, abbot of the Basilica of St. Paul's, Rome, a German-Swiss who will be made Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, a position once held by Pius...