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IMPOSITION OF THE RED HAT
Tiie Red Hat, as a special insignia of the Cardinaliate, was intro
duced shortly after the Synod of Lyons in 1245 by Pope Innocent IV.
In this photo, taken at a former Consistory, the late Pius XI is shown
at the moment of the solemn imposition, “Galerum Rubrum," upon
one of the Cardinals kneeling at his feet.—(NC Photos).
New Appointments and Changes
Announced for Clergy of the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
Four A merican A rchbishops A mong
Thirty-Two Prelates Elevated to
the Sacred College of Cardinals
Bulletins
IIIS EMINENCE Julc Gerard
Cardinal Saliegc, Archbishop of j
Toulouse, one of the Prelates
elevated to the Sacred College at
the Consistory, this week, has been
nominated a Chevalier of the
Legion of Honor by the French
Government in recognition of his
patriotic services during the Ger
man occupation of France.
THE BACCALAUREATE SER
MON at the graduation exercises
of the School of Medicine and Col
lege of Dentistry at the University
of St. Louis, on February 28, will
be delivered by the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, I). D., J. U. 1).,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
OSSERVATORE ROMANO has
emphatically denied Communist
charges that Pope Pius XII early
in the last war was “at the center
of a peace plan” formulated by in
fluential German and British
circles, which would have favored
Germany at the expense of the
Soviet Union.
HOLY NAME SOCIETIES in
the Rochester Diocese have mob
ilized against reported atempts to
oust J. Edgar Hoover as Director
of the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation and to kill further appro
priations by Congress for con
tinuance of the House Committee
on un-American Activities.
UPON HIS RETURN to this
country as a member of the Sacred
College of Cardinals, Cardinal
Samuel A. Stritch, Archbishop of
Chicago, will be honored with two
days of special ceremony, in Nash
ville, Tenn., his native city. The
plans call for a civic reception
and dinner on the evening of
March 18, and on flic following
day the Cardinal will preside at
a Mass to be offered by Arch
bishop John A. Floersli, of Louis
ville, in the Cathedral of the In
carnation. A luncheon for the
clergy will follow the Mass and
there will be a reception for
school children in the afternoon.
RUMORS that the health of
Pope Pius XII has suffered a
serious setback are totally un
founded, it was reported in Vati
can City. The Pontiff contracted
a cold several weeks ago which
forced him to cancel a number
of public audiences, but his health
is not in serious condition.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT has
disclosed that although a large
number of vacancies exists for
Catholic chaplains in the regular
army, the need cannot be filled
at the present rate the applica
tions are being received.. Catho
lics arc far behind other groups
in applications.
RICIIAIfD BARTHE, noted Col
ored Catholic sculptor, has been
chosen by the art committee of
the Hall of Fame in New York to
execute the bust of Booker T.
Washington, Negro educator, who
was chosen for inclusion in the
Hall of Fame in 1945.
U. S. SENATORS GRANTED
AUDIENCE AT VATICAN
ROME.—(RNS)—Ilis Holiness
Pope Pius XII granted an audi
ence to Senators James M. Tun-
nell, of Delaware, and William F.
Knowland, of California, who
were in Rome to hold hearings on
the disposal of surplus military
property. They are members of a
sub-committee of the special Sen
ate committee investigating the
national defense program.
Accompanied by a group of
American army officers, including
Major General Frank Lowe and
Brigadier General Theodore Os
borne, the senators were assured
by the Holy Father of his sympa
thy with those “who today carry a
heavy weight of responsibility to
ward a world encircled by gloom
and darkness and groping toward
the first steady rays of peace.”
Declaring that the burden of
peace has now passed, from mili
tary leaders to tire heads of stale,
the Pontiff told his visitors that
peace can only be obtained “from
♦he hands of God. by approaching
Him along the path of truth, jus
tice. and charity.”
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Announce
ment has been made by the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D.. J.
U. D., Bishop of Savannah-Allanta,
of the following assignments -and
appointments which he has just
made affecting mefnbers pf the
Diocesan clergy
The Very Rev. Edward J.
Dodwcll, J. C. D., pastor of Our
Lady of Lourdes Church. Port
Wentworth, who is Officialis of
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta,
has been relieved of parochial
work and will devote himself en
tirely to the duly of his Diocesan
office.
The Very Rev. Daniel J. Mc
Carthy, pastor of St. Mary's
Church, Rome, will succeed Doc
tor Dodwell as pastor of Our Lady
of Lourdes Church in Port Went
worth.
The Rev. James H. Grady, who
lias been serving overseas with
the U. S. Army Chaplains Corps,
and who lias just completed his
terminal leave, will return to
Rome, where he was pastor of
St. Mary’s Church when he enter
ed tiie service.
The Rev. Harold J. Barr, who
•also has returned to the Diocese
after serving as a chaplain with
the Army Air Force since 1940,
has been appointed pastor of St.
Patrick’s Church in Augusta.
Father Barr, who was promoted
to the rank of lieutenant colonel in
the Chaplains Corps shortly before
he was given his terminal leave,
was pastor of St. M&ry’s-on-Thc-
Hill Church in Augusta when he
was called to active duty as an
Army chaplain.
The Rev. J. Joseph Malloy, who
has been serving as administrator
of St. Patrick’s Church in Augusta
for tiie last three years. ,nd under
whose direction that historic
edifice was re-decoratcd and im
proved, has been appointed pas
tor of St. Peter’s Church, La-
Grange.
The Rev. James E. Doherty,
who has been pastor of St. Peter’s
Church, LaGrange, has been trans
ferred to the Diocese of Pater
son.
Father Doherty, a native of New
York City, was ordained for the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta in
1938, and has served as assistant
rector of the Cathedral in Savan
nah, as assistant pastor of St.
Theresa’s Church, Albany; St.
Patrick's Church, Augusta; Im
maculate Conception Church, At
lanta, and for some months was in
charge of the mission in Slates-
box'o, before being made pastor
of the parish in LaGrange.
The Rev. James E. King, who
was pastor of St. Joseph’s Church,
Athens, when he was granted a
leave on account of sickness in
September, 1944, and who has
recently served as chaplain at Fin
ney General Hospital, Thomas-
villc, will become pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church at Warner
Robins, which has been served by
the Jesuit Fathers from St. Jo
seph’s Church in Macon since its
dedication last summer.
*Thc Rev. Charles J. Rethans,
who has been absent from the
Diocese on leave on account of
sickness, has been appointed pas
tor of the Church of the Pui'ifica-
lion in Sharon, where Father Bari
llas been serving temporarily since
lie received his discharge from
the Army last month.
The Rev. William A. Sullivan, a
pxiest of the Diocese of Rapid
City, where he was pastor of St.
Anthony’s Church, M ait us, South
Dakota, is to be assistant pastor
of the Immaculate Conception
Church in Atlanta.
VATICAN CITY. — Thirty-two
eminent prelates, from nineteen
nations, among them four from
the United States, were elevated
to the Sacred College of Cardinals
by His Holiness Pope Pius XII at
a Secret Consistory held on Feb
ruary 18, in the largest mass ap
pointment of Cardinals in the
Church’s nineteen-century his
tory.
The Holy Father and twenty-
eight of the thirty-seven previous
ly named members of the Sacred
College were present to partici
pate in tiie solemn rite of electing
the new Cardinals.
The Pontiff, in a brief alloca
tion declared the designation of
tiie new Cardinals, representing
every continent, put into ’hew
light” the universality of the
Church.
The new Princes of the Church
from this country are, in .order of
their seniority, His Eminence John
Cardinal Qlennon, Archbishop ol
St. Louis; His Eminence Edward
Cardinal Mooney, Ai-chbishop of
Detroit; Ilis Eminence Samuel
Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of
Chicago, and Ilis Eminence Fran
cis Cardinal Spellman, Archbish
op of New York.
With the thirty-two new ap
pointments, membership in the
Sacred College was raised to six
ty-nine, one short of the tradition
al limit of seventy fixed by Pope
Pius V in 1588.
The new Cardinals received
their red hats and recited • their
pledge of fidelity befoi-e the main
altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on
February. 21.
Three of the thirty-two new
Cardinals were not here to re
ceive notification of their eleva
tion. They were Johannes Cardi
nal De Jong, of Utrecht, Holland,
and Jule Cardinal Saliege of Tou
louse., France, who were ill. and
Josef Cardinal Mindszenly, Pri
mate of Hungary, whose departure
from Budapest was delayed pend
ing clearance by Soviet Russia.
The inauguration, accompanied
by all the color of old world pag-
eanti-y, ushered in a new era of
Catholic history, resulting, for the
first time, in an Italian minority
in the college.
The secret consistox-y, the first
held since 1937, was the first of
a week-long scries of rites to com
plete the investiture of the new
cai-dinals.
The Americans received their
formal notification of election in
the historic 15th century palace
of the apostolic chancellory on
the Corso Vittorio Emmanuel, one
of the principal streets of the city.
There they awaited Father Mar
tin Gilligan of Cincinnati who
had been appointed their special
envoy to deliver their tickets of
nomination.
For this ceremony the new Car
dinals wore trains of purple cloth
tied with a violet silken knot and
silk tassle, a pectoi’ial cross with
a cord and a green and gold tasslct
a skull cap and violet birett - .
Each American was attended by
a secretary, trainbearer, herald
and valet.
The notifications of election
wex'e handwritten by Father Gil
ligan on official stationery of the
Vatican Secretary of State -and
sealed in plain envelopes.
Each new Cardinal accepted his
envelope, glanced briefly at the
contents and passed it to his seci’c-
taiy to be read aloud.
Papal messengers carried news
of their elections to other new
Cardinals in gx-oups at nine other'
ecclesiastical buildings.
After the messages came the
“calore” visits by ambassadors,
ministers, Roman princes, Patri
archs* Prelates, Superioi-s of Relig
ious Orders and Consultors of the
Saci-ed Congregations.
In the normal times the new Cai - -
dinals would receive notification
and the “calore” visits individual
ly at their l’esidences but because
of continuing transportation dif
ficulties they received in groups.
It was the first time in history
that a Pope named a Far-Eastern
Cardinal, in the pex'son ot a Pre
late from the ancient and now
world-important land of China.
The Near-East has had Cardinals,
but rarely. There was one in
the px-esent College, Cardinal Tap-
pouni, of Syria, and the present
creation adds one more, Cardinal
Gregory Peter XV Agagianian,
Patriach Cicilia of the Armenians,
who was born in what is now
Soviet territory.
It was the first time in history
Pope named Cardinal bor -i
Australia, a new vigorous land
determined to assert itself. Aus
tralia had one Cardinal previously,
a native of Ireland, and has been
without repx-cscntation in the
Sacred College for many years.
it was the first time a Pope
had granted recognition to the
English-speaking peoples of Can
ada. French Canada has had
Cardinals before, and had one at
present in the person of Cardinal
Villeiieuve.
In appointing four new Cardi
nals fioln the United States in
the persons of the veteran,
eloquent Archbishop Glcnnon, sec
ond oldest member of the Hier
archy in th ■ world in point of
service; Archbishop dynamic Vat
ican-trained. world-known figure;
Archbishop Mooney, keen, dip
lomatically experienced, earnest,
Archbishop of Deti-oit, and
scholarly, Tennessee born, Arch
bishop of Chicago, this country’s
rc presentation in the Sacred Col
lege, including Ilis Eminence Den
nis Cardinal Dougherty, Arch
bishop of Philadelphia, is now
five, over a previous maximum of
four.
The Pope made an impressive
increase to. seven from the pre-
vious maximum of two Cardinals
in South America, and created the
first African Cardinal since 1892,
when Cardinal Lavigerie, leader
of the anti-slavery movement,
died.
These things signify the broad
ening of .the College. European
countries have generally been
brought up to their previous num
bers, the reduction in the number
of Italian Cardinals being used to
give recognition to new areas, not
only China, but also Chile, Peru
anti Cuba have their first Car
dinals. Altogether twenty-three
nations are represented in the
Sacred College.
It is an arresting thought in the
Eternal City that at one time the
College consisted entirely of Pre
lates stationed in Rome and its
environ.. Today there are Car
dinals as far distant from Rome
,.s Australia, 10.000 miles away.
Chile, 7.000, Argentine, 6,000.
Brazil, 5,000, China, almost 6,000.
Africa. 5,000 New York and Chi
cago over 4.000 miles.
Among those present at the
ceremony was Franklin Gowen,
who rcpi'esented Myron C. Taylor,
and brought his greetings to the
new Cardinals.
Popes’ Palace at Avignon
to Be Used as Church
(By Religious News Service)
PARIS.— (By Wireless) — For
the first time since it was con
fiscated during the French Rev
olution 150 yeai’s ago, the Pope’s
Palace at Avignon, France, will
again be used as a church.
Msgr. Gabriel de Liobet, Bish
op of Avignon, has finally suc
ceeded in bringing about annul
ment of a law forbidding Mass to
be celebrated in the palace, and
has received a message of con
gratulation from Pope Pius XJL
During the 14th century, seven
Popes, from Clement V (1305) to
Gregory XI (1370h goveimed the
Church from Avignon instead of
Rome.
A SIX-WEEK STUDY of Ameri
can education methods will be
undertaken by Cardinal Tien, S.
V. I).. first Chinese member of
the Sacred College of Cardinals,
who will visit the United States
on ilis return trip to China fi'om
Rome. During his.stay in this
country prior to his departure for
the Consistory, Cardinal Tien was
much impressed by the American
way ot education. .