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THE BULLETIN, October 13, 1953—PAGE 3 POPE PIUS XII IS DEAD. UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS CHOSEN IS WITHOUT A HEAD. THE CHURCH THIS IS THE PERIOD OF "INTERREGNUM " POPE PIUS XII HAS octii rr.vnvjuin.tu DEAD. THE CARDINAL DEAN HAS called hika thr.ee times By his FAMILY NAME," EUQ.ENIO PACELLl “» THERE HAS BEEN NO ANSWER... THE PAPAL APARTMENT IS SEALED. AT THE DOOR THE NOBLE GUARDS STAND WITH LOWERED SWORDS. NOW THE DEAN OF THE SACRED COLLEGE MEETS WITH THE HEADS OF THE ORDERS OF CARDINALS— £>\SHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONS--TO ARRANGE FOR THE BURIAL AND THE CONUNGr ELECTION. ON THE EVENING OF THE BURIAL, HIS BODY IS CARRIED INTO THE CHAPEL OF THE CHOIR. THERE IT IS DEPOSITED IN A TRIPLE COFFIN OF CYPRESS, LEAD AND WALNUT. |£ FOLLOWING THE POPE'S DEATH, THE CARDINALS IN ROME MEET DAILY TO CARRY OUT SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS. AT THIS TIME THE FISHERMAN'S RING AND THE DIE FOR THE OFFICIAL SEALS ARE BROKEN VAST CROWDS THRONG TO ST. PETERS FOR A LAST LOOK AT THEIR BELOVED PONTIFF: CITY PEOPLE AND PEASANT FARMERS, WEALTHY MERCHANTS, CLERGY AND ' RELIGIOUS IN COLORFUL ROBES. THF COFFIN HOLDING THE BODY OF THE DEAD PONTIFF IS COVERED BY A PURPLE PALL AND VATICAN WORKMEN ROLL IT TO THE TEMPORARY TOMB IN THE CHAPEL OF SANT'ANNA. THERE IT AWAIIS FINAL BURIAL CARDINALS BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN THE VATICAN FOR THE CONCLAVE, EACH WITH HIS TWO ATTENDANTS. THE CARDINALS RETIRE TO THE SISTINE CHAPEL TO ELECT A NEW POPE. THE DOOR IS SEALED AND SWISS GUARDS SURROUND THE QUARTERS. THE GREATEST OF SECRECY IS PRESERVED. ^ WHEN'THESE BALLOTS ARE BURNED AND WHITF SMOKE POURS FROM THE VATICAN CHIMNEY, THE WORLD KNOWS THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS A NEW HEAD. ' MASTER OF CEREMONIES LOWERS "ANOPIES OVER THE SEATS OF ALL INALS EXCEPT THAT OF THE POPE- T, AND HE IS LED TO A ROOM WHERE ; CLOTHED IN THE PAPAL GARMENTS WHILE THE CARDINALS PAY THEIR FIRST HOMAGE TO THE NEW POPE, THE SENIOR CARDINAL DEACON APPEARS ON THE BALCONY. SILENCE FALLS OVER THOUSANDS IN ST, PETER'S SQUARE AS THEY HEAR THE WORDS, "I ANNOUNCE TO YOU TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY. WE HAVE A POPE. ..." f Life Of Pope Pius XII (Continued from Page 2) Bishops alone are the divinely appointed teachers of the Church. Priests and lay theolo gians, he said, share this author ity only insofar as they have a mandate from their Bishops. In November, at the end of the International Marian Congress in Rome, he warned against the false idea of the “priesthood of the laity.” He took a strong position against the error that would limit the authority of Bishops to strictly religious problems. He cited the Church’s interest in such topics as social problems, the licitness of war and the evils of totalitarianism as examples of its concern with the moral aspects of temporal matters. ILLNESS AND RECOVERY Late in 1954 the Holy Father suffered a recurrence of his ill ness and was ordered by his physicians to take a complete rest. Once again he rallied and, although obliged to forego most of his usual Christmas activities, he was strong enough to broad cast a brief Christmas message and also to bless from his win dow the crowd that had gath ered in St. Peter’s Square. It was later revealed that during his illness in December 1954, he experienced a vision of Christ. In January, 1955, in his regu lar Christmas message — de layed because of his illness — His Holiness wrote on his own pontificate and said that he saw work for peace as his special mission from God. During the ensuing months the Pontiff gradually resumed his regular activities. On April 3 he presided at the beatifica tion ceremonies of 56 martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion; on May 29, the beatification of Father Marcellin Champagnat; on June 19, the beatification of 19 mar tyrs of the French Revolution. In a May Day address to Italian workers he instituted the new feast of St. Joseph the worker. In June, speaking be fore representatives of the Italian film industry, he again warned that the movies were subject to censorship by the Church and public authorities. In December he broadcast a special message to the United States on the occasion of the silver jubilee of the Catholic Hour radio program of the National Council of Catholic Men. In the same month he issued the Restored Liturgical Order for Holy Week and an encyclical on Sacred Music. His 6,000-word 1955 Christmas Message on Peace exhorted Christians to build up a human society “in which men’s secur ity rests upon the moral order.” In January, 1956, before an audience of several hundred doctors, Pope Pius XII delivered a 5,000-word address in which he gave moral approval to a new phychological method of natural, painless childbirth. 80TH BIRTHDAY OBSERVED In March, on the occasion of his 80th birthday the Holy Fa ther was showered with tributes from all over the world. The observance, March 2-11, also marked the 17th anniversary of his election and coronation as Pope. President Eisenhower sent John A. McCone of Los Angeles to represent him at the ceremonies. In his Easter message, the Holy Father pleaded with rulers of the world to stop traveling “the tragic road” toward the abyss of atomic catastrophe. In May, he recieved former President of the United States Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Tru man in private audience. On May 15, he issued an ency clical on the Devotion to the Sacred Heart. On October 7, he presided at the beatification of his predeces sor, Pope Innocent XI, (1676- 1689). I n October-November, Pius XII in encyclicals made three appeals within nine days for prayers for peace with justice in Hungary at the time of the uprising against communism there. His Christmas Message accented the compelling neces sity for disarmament plus the clear responsibility for a just defensive war. In a message to the Congress of World News Agencies, which met in Rome in November, 1956, Pope Pius reminded the dele gates of the power of the press in forming world opinion and urged the newsmen to be guided by a respect for truth and moral decency. In March, 1957, at the insistent request of bishops, His Holiness approved a Motu Proprio futher simplifying and extending the relaxed rules concerning the Eucharistic fast and the regula tions governing evening Mass which he had issued in 1953. On May 15, in appropriate ceremonies Pope Pius presented the Red Hat, insignia of office, to Stefen Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of Poland, who had been prevented from corning to Rome since his elevation to the Cardinalate in 1953. On May 26, Pius again offi ciated at a beatification cere mony for Mother Mary of Provi dence (Eugenia Smet). Before leaving on July 25 for the papal summer residence at Castel- gandolfo, he issued three ency clicals within three months: one calling for expanded missionary efforts, especially in Africa; one on the 300th anniversary of the death of St. Bobola and one on the centenary of the Lourdes Shrine. An audience he granted Masa- toshi Matsu shite, special envoy of the Premier of Japan, touched off dis cussions on the control of nu clear weapons. Other world dig nitaries received in papal audi ence during the year 1957 in cluded President Reno Coty, first French chief of state re ceived by a pope in more than 450 years; Vice Pi'esident Rich ard Nixon and Mrs. Nixon of the United States, and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Ger many. In August, 1957, a new code of canon law for the Eastern Rites of the Church was promul gated and the following month the Pope issued the encyclical, Miranda Prorsus, on motion pic tures, . radio and television. These “remarkable inventions,” the Pope stated, should serve to give people a “more respectful understanding” of each other and bring them closer together. In October he addressed 2,000 delegates to the second World Congress of the Lay Apostolate and told them that the Church will continue to fight commun ism to the end with the laity as its army. Later in the month he inaug urated the new facilities of the Vatican Radio. In his 1957 Christmas message the Pope called on the Chris tian world to shake off a pessi mistic lethargy and become the “vigorous defender” of the “di vine order in the world.” He declared that the divine law im- During his pontificate diplo matic missions accredited to the Holy See have increased from 37 in 1939 to 47. From 1939 to 1950 the President of the United State had a. personal repre sentative — Myron C. Taylor — at the Vatican, but without diplomatic rank. Statesmen— (Continued from Page 1) him in Rome. I have never met a leader in any part of the world who had a keener and broader understanding of the great is sues of our time than he had.” Former President Herbert Hoover stated: “The world has lost a great man. I have reasons to know the breadth of his spir itual leadership. In the world wide famine after World War II, His Holiness extended to my colleagues and myself the whole influence of the Church in sup port of relief measures. “His actions and influence preserved life to hundreds of millions of people. This world has been better for his having lived in it.” Sen. John Stennis of Missis sippi stated: “I regret the pass ing of a very illustrious man in the spiritual world who was a great advocate of the true prin ciples of peace.” Sen. Stennis said Pope Pius “had a wonderful influence on world affairs and an extra-ordi nary intellectual capacity and great human traits.” George Meanv, president of the AFL-CIO, stated: “The world has lost a great and good man of God. But the world is the richer because of his wis dom, love and compassion for all mankind.” Dr. Theophilus Mills Taylor, moderator of the United Pres byterian Church in the United States, and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, the church’s chief admin istrative chief, hailed the Pope’s “unselfish life and devoted serv ice of his Lord and to his Church” and said they were “an inspiration to all Christians.” In a message of condolence sent to the Holy See, Dr. Taylor and Dr. Blake stated: “Though not of his Church, we feel that the dedicated life of Pope Pius XII is an example that trans cends ecclesiastical boundaries. He ministered to multitudes and strived, according to his light and devotion, to be a servant of God, a shepherd of Christians in the papal flock and a kindly dedicated service has been a light to ail Christians every where.” poses on all rulers the duty to S u ^ e to all men. prevent war by means of suit- an h° ur such as this we able international organzations -i° in Y ou in expressing grief in and armaments reduction. He *he P ass i n S °f a leader whose also warned against a “blind fascination for progress” and emphasized that the rejection of Christ ill society brings about “the iron discipline of collec tivism.” In March, 1958, he called off formal observance of the 19th anniversary of his coronation as pontiff and his 82nd birthday as a protest against the anti- religious campaign by leftists in Italy. The campaign continued throughout the Italian elections and is still going on. In his Easter address the Pope spelled out the causes of war and their solution, reminding that only through Christ can the world find peace. In the encyclical, Meminisse Juvat, issued in July, the Holy Father urged prayers for the persecuted Church and warned that the powerful new weapons at man’s disposal make possible “universal extermination.” Only by a return to Christian precepts can men found a just society, he pointed out. In September he released the text of another encyclical issued in July and carried privately to Red China before its release. In Ad Apostolorum Principis the Pope condemned the commu nist effort to force the Church in China into schism and de nounced the illicit consecration of bishops there. Throughout 1958 the Pope continued ot receive a vast num ber of pilgrims and others in audience and maintained, his practice of personally address ing many of thos6 received on a variety of subjects, among them blood specialists, psychologists, archeologists, charity workers, teachers and others. On Monday, October 6th he was stricken with the first of two strokes . which brought about his death three days lat er. May he rest in Peace. GROWTH OF THE CHURCH In spite of wars and persecu tions, the pontificate of Pope Pius XII saw a remarkable growth in the Church. The Holy Father created or raised in rank more than 500 ecclesiastical jurisdictions and set up national hierarchies in China, Formosa, Nigeria, Ghana, Union of South Africa, Rhodesia, Eest Africa and the Scandinavian countries. Secular Press Pays Tribute To Pius XEI Prayers For Peace's Apostle SAVANNAH EVENING PRESS OCTOBER 8 All men yearning after lasting world peace and concerned over the spiritual life of their fellow men everywhere are joining in prayers for the gravely ill Pope Pius XII. In the turbulent history of the Twentieth Century, Pope Pius XII has stood foremost as a champion of peace and harmony on this earth, and the example of his life has been an inspira tion to untold millions. In a world that indeed seems to have gone mad at times, the figure of the Pope and the spi ritual things he stood for have towered as a constant reminder to all men that there is more of value in this life than spirit less material accomplishments. As a man of God he has been a rallying point in times when the teachings of God seem to have been lost among the shout ing and turmoil of secular con cerns. Pope Pius XII, as the spiritual leader of 400 million Catholics, will emerge in future histories of these troubled times as an un wavering successor to Peter in the important job of carrying on Cod’s work and striving for better understanding and rela tions between men. His saintly figure of calm and repose has been an eloquent re minder that the hurly burly and headlong rush of modern life is nothing to the eternal value of inner spiritual content. Our modern world is a richer place for Pope Pius XII having walked in it, and we join the millions throughout the world who pray for his life. Too many people pride them selves on their ability to under stand things without giving them a thought.