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...soon venerated by her fellow Christian Indians as a living saint, and when she died at 24, they tore up her clothes for relics. Ever since, a mounting list of cures and wonders has been attributed by both Indian and white Catholics to her intercession. Said Pope Pius XI: "Her life itself is a miracle...
After the death of Pius XII, a rush order came from the Vatican to make three papal soutanes, one for a large man, one medium, one small. When the cardinals were locked in conclave to elect a new Pope, the outfits were locked up with them. "It is difficult to cut without anyone specific in mind," says Gammarelli. A shrewd papal handicapper, he felt that in case of a deadlock the compromise candidate might be an old customer of his, Venice's Cardinal Roncalli, and cut the garments for the large man with him in mind. Bonaventura...
...called St. Pius X Belated Vocation Seminary,* it will occupy a 145-acre tract in Marlboro, 28 miles from Boston. It will train men mostly in their 405 and 503 who have college degrees and experience in law, medicine and teaching. Candidates for the priesthood will be accepted from all over the world, and Cardinal Gushing hazards no guesses as to their numbers, though an estimated one in 50 priests has a "delayed vocation." Among notable examples: Cardinals Newman (45) and Manning (42). No upper age limit will be set at the new seminaries. Says Cardinal Gushing: "The response...
When he was appointed Archbishop of St. Louis in 1946, to succeed John Cardinal Glennon (who died on his way back to the U.S. after being made a cardinal by Pope Pius XII), St. Louisans found Indiana-born Archbishop Ritter a far different kind of man from the warm and outgoing Archbishop Glennon. Slender almost to frailty, with rimless glasses and a gentle voice. Ritter seemed unapproachable and colorless at first, but it was not long before St. Louis' 450,000 Roman Catholics knew how much more he was than an office manager...
Catholic authorities in the U.S. maintained a discreet silence about the controversy, but privately many felt that the Puerto Rican bishops had gone too far. Legally there was no doubt that the bishops were within their rights. The Vatican generally seemed to support the bishops, recalling that Pope Pius XII had declared it a sin to vote for the Communists in Italy's 1948 election (an edict that the Italian clergy was never able to enforce). Nevertheless there was room for argument and interpretation...