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Vol. 39, No. 12
DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
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Pope John Stresses Role As Zealous Shepherd
Thousands Attend Coronation;
Millions lew Rites On Tf
(N. C. C. W. News Service)
VATICAN CITY—The triple crown of the papacy came to rest
on the brow of His Holiness Pope John XXIII on the feast of
St. Charles Borromeo, marking the official beginning of his' reign.
The ritual pageantry of centuries was carried out first inside
St. Peter’s basilica and then, the actual crowning-, high on the
balcony overlooking St. Peter’s
Square toward which 200 thous
and people converged to acclaim
the new Pope of Rome. Count
less other millions for the first
time followed the coronation
ceremony over television.
The moment of coronation —
when His Eminence Nichola
Cardinal- Canali placed the gold
tiara on the Pope’s head — cli
maxed a-morning of ceremonies.
It also marked the date from
which the reign of Pope John
XXIII begins in terms of his
toric date, although he had been
Pope from the moment he pro
nounced his “Accepto” on Oc
tober 28 while still in conclave.
The day of the coronation of
His Holiness Pope John XXIII
began early for Pontiff and peo
ple.
Early arrivals in St. Peter’s
Square could see lights in the
windows of the Pope’s apart
ments as early as 6:30 in the
morning.
St. Peter’s basilica opened at
that hour, and a great throng of
people who had been given spe
cial tickets broke and ran across
the square as the guards opened
the doors of the great church.
By 7:30 the basilica was almost
filled by the thousands who had
been invited.
The crowd outside the basilica
swelled slowly as the four-hour
ceremony progressed inside.
Threatening skies after a
night of heavy rain and light
ning kept. many at home.
The arrival of special mis
sions and ambassadors built up
a sense of expectancy for the
thousands inside t h e basilica.
Fifty-five countries — including
the foreign ministers of eight of
them — -were officially repre
sented at the coronation.
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, one
of the representatives of the
United States, was the only wo
man in the procession of special
missions. Walking beside Mrs.
Luce were U. S. Secretary of
Labor James P. Mitchell and
U. S. Deputy Undersecretary of
State Robert Murphy. In the vis
itors’ area in the basilica were
U. S. Ambassador to Italy James
D. Zellerbach and publisher
Henry Luce, husband of Mrs.
Luce.
As the diplomats filed into
the floodlit brilliance of the
basilica apse, it became evident
that a minor traffic jam was
developing. The space allotted to
the diplomats was insufficient
for the number that arrived. The
problem was solved by putting
many of them on benches which
had been reserved for bishops,
while more benches were
brought in.
Seated on tapestry-covered
benches near the white throne
at the Altar of the Chair were
Their Eminences Clemente Car
dinal Micara and Jose Maria
Cardinal Caro Rodriguez, nei
ther of whom took part in the
procession or the first obedience
in the chapel of St. Gregory be
cause of delicate health.
The first indication that the
Pope was nearing the basilica
was had in the applause out in
the atrium, or front porch,
where he received the Canons
of St. Peter’s. Those inside surg
ed and strained to catch a
glimpse of the entrance — many
without success, because of pil
lars which blocked the view.
However, the actual entrance
was known to all, because of
the wave of applause and shouts
of “Viva II Papa” and the sud
den trumpet notes. The trump
ets, often called silver, but real
ly of brass, sounded with a
plaintive sweetness that filled
the church, the notes echoing
against the illuminated basilica
dome which is the work of
Michelangelo.
The final trumpet notes were
lost as the Sistine Chapel choir
sang the triumphant “Tu es
Petrus.”
The Pope, borne on a portable
throne, blessed the cheering
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ST. PETER'S ON CORONATION DAY—This was the scene
inside St. Peter’s Basilica, in the Vatican, November 4, as thou
sands assembled for the coronation services for the newly-elect
ed Pope John XXIII. His Holiness delivered an unexpected
homily at the Solemn Pontifical Mass in the basilica preceding
the actual coronation ceremony. This is a radio photo.—(NC
Photos).
'URBI ET ORBI'—FROM BALCONY OF ST. PETER'S—Wearing the triple papal crown,
Pope John XXIII is shown on the balcony outside St. Peter’s Basilica, reading the traditional
blessing “Urbi et Orbi”—to the city and to the world, on his coronation day, November 4.—
(NC Radio-Photo).
Pope’s First Days At Vatican
Spent Getting Oriented And In
Receiving Obedience Of *
By James C. O'Neill
(Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NO
—His Holiness Pope John XXIII
spent the first days of his pon
tificate getting better acquaint
ed with 108-acre Vatican City.
Two days after his election
the Pope moved to the apart
ment in the Vatican Palace
which had been the home of
Pope Pius XII. He visited the
studios of the Vatican Radio in
the Vatican gardens the same
day, getting a first-hand look at
its facilities and meeting its staff
of Jesuit priests and laymen.
Earlier in the day, Pope John
received the homage of the Col
lege of Cardinals in the Sistine
Chapel for the third time. The
ceremonies marked the official
completion of the Church’s 78th
conclave.
The final obedience of the
Cardinals was an act of moving
pageantry. Taking part were ali
the papal electors, save Their
Eminences Elia Cardinal dalla
Costa, Archbishop of Florence,
and Thomas Cardinal Tien, the
exiled Archbishop of Peking,
who were absent for reasons of
health.
One by one the Cardinals ad
vanced slowly to the raised dais
where Pope John sat robed in
a heavily embroidered cope.
Against the walls stood the
vacant seats of the cardinal vot
ers, all the canopies lowered ex
cept the one which marked the
spot where the new Pope had
set as an elector. The deep rich
violet of the Cardinals’ empty
seats served as a striking con
trast to the lustrous emrald
green of the carpet covering the
specially raised floor of the
chapel.
In a choir area at the rear of
the chapel built for the 15th
century Pope Sixtus IV, the
Sistine Choir sang first the pa
pal hymn “Tu es Petrus” (Thou
art Peter) and then broke into a
jubilant Te Deum.
His Eminence Eugene Cardi
nal Tisserant, as Dean of the
Sacred College, was the first to
make his obedience to the new
Pope. He was followed by each
of the Cardinals in turn, with
the newly named Alberto Cardi
nal di Jorio last to take part in
the ceremony.
Meanwhile only a few yards
away but several floors below,
workmen began decorating the
Vatican Basilica for the corona
tion. The boxes and tribunes
which had been hung with
black a short time ago for the
funeral of Pius were now deck
ed with scarlet and gold. Hun
dreds and thousands of lights
were being suspended from the
great vault high above the papal
Altar of the Confession.
The Sampietrini — the work
men of St. Peter’s — were busy
with the big bolts of red damask
which would drape many of the
pillars and columns in the cen
tral part of the huge church.
Elsewhere, artists were at
work preparing the new Pon
tiff’s coat-of-arms and the great
papal banner bearing his crest.
This was even before Pope
John’s choice for a motto and
coat of arms was made public.
Before moving to the old
apartment of Pope Pius over
looking St. Peter’s Square, the
Pope had briefly occupied an
apartment in the Secretariat of
State section of the Vatican
Palace. On the Thursday follow
ing his election, he offered Mass
at 7 a. m., assisted by his sec
retary, Father Loris Capovilla,
who had accompanied the then
Cardinal Angelo Roncalli to the
conclave from Venice. Another
person on the new Pope’s staff
who came with him from Venice
is his valet, Guido Gussio.
One indication of the Pontiff’s
simple habits is the menu of
his first day as Pope. For break-
QUEEN SENDS
GREETINGS TO
POPE JOHN XXIII
LONDON, (Radio, NC) —
Queen Elizabeth, British Prime
Minister Harold MacMillan and
Anglican Archbishop of Canter
bury Geoffrey Fisher all cabled
greetings to His Holiness Pope
John XXIII.
The Queen said: “I should like
to express to Your Holiness my
warm congratulations on your
election and to send you my best
wishes for your health and wel
fare in discharging the exalted
duties to which you have been
called.”
fast he had caffelatte (cafe au
lait) and some bread and fruit.
For luncheon he had rice, some
meat —■ although he often pre
fers cheese instead — fruit and
mineral water. For dinner he
had vegetable soup, bread and
fruit.
The Vatican Bollentino has re
vealed that the new Pope never
takes sweet desserts or liqueurs.
It also stated that the 76-year-
old Pontiff’s physician hasn’t
had to prescribe any medicine
for him in the past six years.
People who knew Cardinal Ron
calli in Venice recall that the
Cardinal Patriarch used to josh
his doctor during medical vis
its, saying: “You don’t look well;
you’d better look after yourself.”
Although Pope John often
took long walks in Venice, his
secretary said he didn’t expect
him to follow any precise sched
ule of walks in the Vatican Gar
dens, as was the custom of Pope
Pius. The secretary did reveal
that the Pope was looking for
ward to being able to spend
time in the private library of
Pius XII, which is rich in his
tory and religious works and
much to the scholarly tastes of
the new Holy Father.
VATICAN CITY
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HOLY FATHER EXPRESSES CORDIAL GRATITUDE
DEVOTED MESSAGE GOOD WISHES PRAYERS
ASSURANCE LOYALTY SENT OCCASION HIS ELECTION
LOVINGLY IMPARTS YOUR EXCELLENCY PRIESTS
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE DIOCESE PATERNAL
APOSTOLIC BLESSING.
TARDINI, PRO-SECRETARY
Calls Attention To Task As
Shepherd Of The Entire Flock"
(N. C. C. W. News Service)
VATICAN CITY—The role of the zealous good shepherd as a solicitude of the Roman Pontifi
cate was stressed by His Holiness Pope John XXIII at his coronation.
Delivering an unexpected homily at the Solemn Pontifical Mass in St. Peter’s basilica which
preceded the actual coronation ceremony, His Holiness quoted from the Gospel of St. John: “And
other sheep I have, that are not of this fold. The m also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice,
and there shall be one fold and
one shepherd.”
“Here is the missionary prob
lem in all its vastness and beau
ty,” the Pontiff added. “This is
the solicitude of the Roman
Pontificate, the primary one,
even though not the only one. It
blends with many others of
equal importance.”
Pope John said he wanted to
direct attention “in a very spe
cial manner” to “Our task as
shepherd of the entire flock.”
He asserted that all the other
human qualities — of learning,
diplomatic perceptiveness and
tact, organizing ability — can
embellish and complement the
reign of a Pope, “but they can
not in any way serve as a sub
stitute for this.”
The text of the Holy Father’s
remarks follows:
“Venerable Brothers, Cardi
nals of the Holy Roman Church,
Archbishops and Bishops, whe
ther here present or participat
ing in spirit in this solemn rite
which places the seal on the
initiation of Our humble person
into the great duties of the sov
ereign pontificate, and all of
you, Our most beloved children
in every part of the world and
of every rank of society who,
though occupied by a thousand
cares for the interests of this
present life, still do hot forget
the spiritual riches of the life to
come, towards which above all
we must fix our gaze — We send
you all Our greeting from a
heart filled with paternal affec
tion.
“We are gathered together
near the most sacred memories
of the Prince of the Apostles,
succession to whose lofty mini
stry has been entrusted to Us,
and it would seem to Us in this
memorable hour that We hear
the voice of Peter, which reach
es Us over the course of the cen
turies, as well as the voices of
the two Saints John who were
closest to Christ and whose
sweet and honored name it
pleases Us to assume.
“In these days of great mys
tery and trepidation, however,
as We strain to hear the voices
of the earth, while on the one
hand We are comforted and en
couraged by the universal joy
and exaltation which greeted
Our elevation to the sovereign
pontificate, on the other We are
made anxious and perplexed by
the variety of the immense du
ties which burden Our shoul
ders. We speak of those duties
which are attributed to Us on
the one side and the other in
various ways, each individual
taking it upon himself to en
trust Us with one, within limit
ed horizons and according to
his own personal aptitudes, his
own experience and his own
particular way of conceiving in
dividual and collective life.
There are, in fact, those who ex
pect the Pontiff to be a states
man, a diplomat, a scholar and
organizer of collective life or,
in fine, one whose mind is open
to all forms of progress in mod
ern life without any exception.
“O venerable brothers and be
loved children, all such persons
are outside the right path to be
followed, since they entertain a
concept of the supreme pontifi
cate which does not fully con
form to the true ideal.
In fact the new Pope, passing
through the various events of
life is like the son of Jacob who,
meeting his brothers in their hu
man tribulation, discloses to
them the tenderness of his heart
and, bursting into tears, says: ‘I
am Joseph, your brother’ (Gen.
45, 4). The new Pontiff, We also
say, incarnates in himself above
all that splendid image of the
good shepherd as it is described
to Us by St. John the Evangelist
in the same words which issued
from the mouth of the Divine
Savior (John 10, 1-2). He is the
door of the sheepfold, ‘I am the
door of the sheep’ (John 10, 7).
“Into this fold of Jesus Christ
no one can enter if he is not un
der the guidance of the Sover
eign Pontiff, and men can se
curely reach salvation only
when they are united with him,
since the Roman pontiff is the
Vicar of Christ and represents
His person on this earth. How
sweet and how consoling it is to
call to mind the image of the
good shepherd as it is described
in the Gospel with such richness
and tenderness of detail.
“Venerable brothers and be
loved children, We repeat to you
as Our own the admonition and
the invitation of Roman Pontiffs
of every century, and in particu
lar of Our predecessor Pius XII
of immortal memory, and on
this avowal We wish above all
to insist; namely, that We have
at heart in a very special man
ner Our task as shepherd of the
entire flock.
“All the other human quali
ties of learning, diplomatic per
ceptiveness and tact, organizing
ability — can succeed in em
bellishing and complementing
(Continued on Page Four)
POPE GREETS POLISH CARDINAL—His Holiness Pope
John XXIII had a warm smile and handclasp for Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski of Poland at an audience in the Vatican’s Sistine
Chapel. Each Cardinal was received by the new Pontiff as he
made his act of obedience. Cardinal Wyszynski was the only
Prince of the Church from behind the Iron Curtain who was
able to go to Rome for the papal conclave.—(NC Photos).
Eisenhower Tells Pope John
He Shares Desire For Peace
VATICAN CITY (Radio, NC)
—President Eisenhower has told
His Holiness Pope John XXIII
that he shares the Pontiff’s
“fervent desire for a peaceful
solution of the momentous prob
lems which beset mankind,”
In a personal letter to the new
Pope, Mr. Eisenhower acknow-
leged the initial address given
by Pope John following his elec
tion, and said, “I read with great
interest your appeal to the lead
ers of all nations for peace.”
The letter was brought to the
Pope by the President’s personal
representatives to the corona
tion—Secretary of Labor James
P. Mitchell, Deputy Undersecre
tary of State Robert D. Murphy,
and Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, for
mer U. S. Ambassador to Italy.
In it, Mr. Eisenhower extended
h i s wishes for a “successful
stewardship” to Pope John.
The following is the text of
President Eisenhowers’ letter:
Your Holiness:
Upon this auspicious occasion
in your life and in the history
of the Roman Catholic Church,
I send you through my personal
representatives greetings and
best wishes for a successful
stewardship as Supreme Pontiff.
The trust and responsibility
that have been bestowed on you
are great. In these troubled days
the hopes of the world for peace
and justice require confidence
in its leaders. Your broad ex
perience and wide travel will
serve you well in this new and
difficult task.
I read with great interest your
appeal to the leaders of all na
tions for peace. I share with you
the fervent desire for a peaceful
solution of the momentous prob
lems which beset mankind.
Sincerely,
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER