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...invitations. Vatican Secretary of State Domenico Tardini explained that the omissions were made because the two diplomats represented "phantom" governments that are no longer recognized by other countries accredited to the Holy See. That statement itself was enough for old Vatican hands to sense a new atmosphere; under Pius XII, who made a point of keeping the Polish and Lithuanian envoys as anti-Communist symbols, there had not been any reference to phantoms...
Surrounded by friends and family, Domenico Tardini, 70, received the Pope's messenger bringing him official notification of his elevation to the cardinalate. In his acceptance speech, the new Vatican Secretary of State recalled that he had refused a red hat from the late Pope Pius XII. Then he added: "The truth is, I wanted to be left in peace. Pope Pius never made anybody do or not do anything. But Pope John has said 'I wish it.' and I have to obey...
...Patron Saint of TV-a lamp combined with a ceramic statue of St. Clare of Assisi. declared patroness of television last year by Pope Pius XII-"a welcome source of inspiration . . . just right for the top of your TV set." Price...
...Bueno y Monreal, 54, native of Saragossa, Spain, was attorney general of the Madrid-Alcalá diocese during the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Pius XII gave him one of the church's most delicate and difficult assignments by appointing him in 1954 archbishop coadjutor to the late Pedro Cardinal Segura, the terrible-tempered, reactionary Archbishop of Seville. Cardinal Segura refused to see him, tried to block Monreal's every effort to liberalize Segura's restrictions (such as forbidding Catholics to attend "public spectacles...
...Doepfner, 45, youngest member of the College of Cardinals (TIME, Dec. 1). Born in Hausen, near Würzburg, he was ordained only a few weeks after World War II began, returned to Germany, became vice rector of the training college for priests in Würzburg. In 1943 Pius XII appointed him Bishop of Würzburg and last year Bishop of Berlin, where he won the sympathy of refugees and young people, took a firm stance against Communism...