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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, June 29, 1963
CORONATION OF POPE TO
TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 30
By Patrick Riley
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
VATICAN CITY—His Holiness Pope Paul VI receives the
triple crown of pope and the duties of universal pastor just 10
and a half years after he turned down the red hat of cardinal.
In complying with the will of
the cardinals, the man who was
born Giovanni Battista Montini
began a momentous 10 days of
both spiritual and temporal dis
tinction.
He was elected pope on Fri
day, June 21, the feast of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus. Three
days later came the celebration
of the feast of his great bap
tismal patron, St. John the Bap
tist. And his coronation is tak
ing place on Sunday June 30.
The feast of the day is the Com
memoration of St. Paul, the
Apostle to the Gentiles and pa
tron of the new pope. It follows
by one day the feast of SS. Pe
ter and Paul, great feast of the
papacy.
The new Pope began his reign
with firm indications that he
would pursue the outgoing
course set by his friend and
predecessor, Pope John XXIII.
Within hours of his election the
65-year-old Pope Paul an
nounced the reappointment of
Amleto Cardinal Cicognani,
Pope John’s closest collabora
tor, as Secretary of State.
The 80 members of the Sa
cred College of Cardinals had
ceremoniously sealed them
selves off from the world on
Wednesday evening, June 19.
There followed a day of incon
clusive balloting under Michel
angelo’s immense fresco of the
Last Judgment in the Sistine
Chapel. Then at 11:18 a.m.
(6:18 a. m. EDT) Friday, scar
cely 42 hours after the con- 1
clave began, the telltale plume
of white smoke rose from the
thin stovepipe which had been
erected above the chapel to in-:
form the waiting world of the
election.
There was more cheering
before the Cardinal could go on:
"who has taken the name Paul
VI.” With this, the cheering
became tumultuous.
Cardinal Ottaviani quickly
withdrew from the balcony. At
12:20, the cardinals who had
elected their brother of Milan
to fill the vacant Chair of Peter
gathered in the open windows
on either side of the central
balcony.
At 12:22, preceded by the
papal precessional cross, Pope
Paul VI stepped onto the bal
cony, receiving the crowd’s
ovation and replying with his
silent blessing. Then he stood
with hands joined in prayer for
a minute while the throng roared
and waved hands, hats and han
dkerchiefs. Over his new white
cassock Pope Paul wore a short
red cape and a heavily brocaded
stole of the same color. At
his right hand stood Eu
gene Cardinal Tisserant, the
bearded French-born Dean of
the College of Cardinals. Dra
ped from the balcony rail was
a huge red-embroidered papal
banner bearing the arms of the
late Pope John. A military band
struck up an anthem.
At 12:23 p.m., Pope Paul’s
strong baritone voice intoned
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the first words of the blessing
Urbi et Orbi (to the city and
the world): ‘ ‘Sit Nomen Domini
benedictum. . .”
Three times he raised his
right hand in blessing.
Each sign of the cross was
clear, precise and easily seen
but not overly large.
After the blessing, Paul VI
stood for a minute to receive
the ovation which burst from the
crowd in the square and atop
to outstretched arms of the
Bernini colonnades. Then came
an announcement by a prelate
standing on Pope Paul’s left:
Pope Paul had granted a ple
nary indulgence to all the faith
ful present and to those who
listened prayerfully to his voice
over the airwaves.
Then the new Pope withdrew
without further ceremony. En
graved on the facade above him
as he walked inside was the
name of the last pope to take
the name of Paul—Paul V.the
Borghese prelate from Siena
whose 17th century pontificate
witnessed the completion of St.
Peter’s.
The doors closed. The man
wearing the white skullcap had
a new worldwide pastorate
which he could not decline.
A decade earlier—it was Jan
uary 12, 1953—Pope Pius XII
had elevated 27 prelates to the
rank of Cardinal. In doing so he
revealed that he had chosen as
first among them his two chief
aides in the Secretariat of
State—Msgrs. Domenico Tar-
dini and Giovanni Battista Mon
tini. Then he disclosed that the
two prelates "requested Us so
insistently to allow them to de
cline this very high honor that
We though it befitting to hear
their oft expressed wishes and
repeated petitions.”
The following year, Pius
named Msgr. Montini Arch
bishop of Milan. And in Decem
ber of 1958, Pope John chose
him to be the first of his
cardinals. This time he did not
decline the red hat. Nor did he
refuse the white hat-—the heav
iest burden of all—willed on him
by the Church’s College of Car
dinals five and a half years
later.
IN PLEDGE OF OBEDIENCE—Immediately following his
election, Pope Paul VI received each cardinal who gave
the pledge of obedience and loyalty to the Holy Father. He
is shown here with the secretary of the Sacred Congregation
of the Holy Office, Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani and Arch
bishop Enrico Dante, Prefect of Vatican Ceremonies (left).
—(NC Photos)
POPE PAUL-
(Continued from Page 1)
been called to form one body...
But it is also a spirit of jus
tice, which tolerates neither
the shameless contrast of
wealth and misery among the
members of the parish com
munity, nor the hypocrisy of a
fraternity in church that would
not have for its effect that of
creating, at work, more fra
ternal social relations.
"Indeed, does not the parish
altar, the center around which
the most sacred bonds of union
are formed, invite each and ev
ery one who comes before it
to make an examination of con
science in regard to his duties
of justice towards his breth
ren?” (Letter to the Canadian
Catholic Social Conference,
August, 1953).
—On overpopulation
"Efforts to reestablish the
equilibrium between growing
population and means of live
lihood are therefore not to be
directed toward violation of the
laws of life or interference with
the natural flux and flow of the
human family.
"Such an attitude of renoun
cement of life, indeed, kills the
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noblest aspirations of the spir
it; while a declining birth rate,
aimed at by such systems, has
always proved sooner or later
to be, in the history of the na
tions, a sign of defeat and of
doom.
"No, such efforts must ra
ther thend to educate men’s con
science regarding the value and
responsiblity of human life, to
foster a more equitable distri
bution of the world’s goods, to
exploit natural resources in an
ever more rational manner, to
protect the family in all that
concerns its inviolable rights
and exercise of its high func
tion.” (Letter to the Italian
Catholic Social Week, Sep
tember, 1953).
You Never
Can Tell
NEW ORLEANS, (NC)—A
priest arrived at a local ra
dio station to lead the Holy
Name men of his parish in
the Rosary. To his dismay he
found that he was the only
person present—but he de
cided to go it alone.
The announcer, seeing the
priest’s plight, introduced
the Rosary broadcast and
then dashed into the studio
and gave the responses, thus
saving the day.
Following the program
the grateful priest thanked
the announcer and asked the
name of his parish. The an
nouncer replied that his par
ish was Temple Sinai, a Jew
ish synagogue.
35-Year Friend Of New
Pope Describes Him As
“Exceptional Person”
PROVIDENCE, R. I. (NC) —
An Italian-American doctor who
has known His Holiness Pope
Paul VI for 35 years descri
bed the new Pope as an "ex
ceptional” man, an intellectual
of warm human feeling.
Dr. Ciro Scotti, Providence
surgeon who came to the Uni
ted States from Italy in 1937,
said Pope Paul is "very aus
tere with him self but very gentle
and kind to others.”
"He is a man of tremen
dous human feelings.” Dr.
Scotti said. "He is a man of
great culture—an intellectual—
but also a man of action.”
Dr. Scotti met fhe future
Pope—then Msgr. Giovanni B.
Montini—in 1928 when he en
tered the University of Rome
as a medical student. The young
churchman was then a clerk in
the Papal Secretariat of State,
and also served as moderator
of the university section of Ita
lian Catholic Action.
Dr. Scotti recalls Msgr. Mon
tini’s regular Sunday talks,
given in the university chapel
on the Epistles of St. Paul.
Complementing these dis
courses were talks on the Gos
pels by another rising Vatican
official—Msgr. Amleto Cicog
nani, who later was to become
a cardinal after serving for a
quarter-century as Apostolic
Delegate to the United States.
One of Pope Paul’s first offi
cial acts after his election on
June 21 was to reappoint Car
dinal Cicognani Papal Secre
tary of State.
“They were associated in
our minds even the,” Dr.
Scotti commented as he recalled
those Sendays in Rome 35 years
ago.
Over the years thedoctorhas
kept in touch with Msgr.—later
Archbishop and Cardinal—
Montini, visiting him several
times on trips to Italy and
also seeing him during his visits
to this country in 1951
and 1960. i
He met fope Paul most re
cently last February when he
and Mrs. Scotti visited the Car
dinal in his See of Milan.
Dr. Scotti said Pope Paul’s
“foremost interest” has always
been "religious life.” Also, he
said, "he has always been
appreciative of books and clas
sical music.”
New Pontiff
Began Diplomatic
Career At Age 25
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
Here are some significant
dates in the life of His Holiness
Pope Paul VI:
1897, September 26— Born in
Concesio, on outskirts of Bres
cia.
1920, May 29—Ordained at
age of 23.
1922—Named by Pope Pius
XI as attache at apostolic nun
ciature in Warsaw. Held post
for one year.
1932—Became clerk in Vati
can Secretariat of State.
1936—Appointed undersec-
Pope No
Stranger
To U. S.
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
The United States is familiar
territory to Hil Holiness Pope
Paul VI. He was leisurely tou
rist here in 1951 and returned
in 1960 for a quick trip to sev
eral major cities.
The new Pope’s first trip to
North America was, by his own
description, a holiday tour. He
told newsmen then that it was
the fulfillment of a long
standing wish to see the United
States and Canada.
In three weeks, then-Msgr.
Giovanni Battista Montini, Sub
stitute Papal Secretary of State,
covered several thousands
miles, much of it by automobile.
He was here August 20 to Sep
tember 9.
He flew from London to Mon
treal. After four days in Canada
he entered the United States
through Niagara Falls, N.Y.,
and visited Buffalo, Washington,
St. Louis, Denver, Chicago,
Pittsburgh, New York and many
points in between these major
cities.
When he came back in June,
1960, as the Cardinal-Archbi
shop of Milan, he received an
honorary doctorate of laws de
gree from the University of
Notre Dame in the same cere
mony at which then-President
Eisenhower was honored by the
institution.
The citation at Notre Dame
praised him as "the Archbishop
of the Working Man,” noting
that he earned this title because
of "inexhaustible apostolic vi
gor to the strengthening of the
Christian world.”
On that trip, the new Pope
also visited New York, Chicago,
Boston, Philadelphia and Wash
ington. He was accompanied by
Frank Folsom, a prominent
Catholic layman who is chair
man of the executive board of
the board of directors of RCA.
The only other public cere
mony in which the Pope parti
cipated in 1960 was the dedica
tion in Boston of a huge statue
of "Madonna, Queen of the
Universe” at the Don Orione
Shrine.
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1944—Named one of two Sub
stitute Secretaries of State by
Pius XII.
1951— Spent three-week holi
day in North America.
1952— Named Pro-Secretary
of State for Ordinary Affairs.
1953— Pope Pius XII reveal
ed he planned to name Msgr.
Montini a cardinal, but had
been asked by the Monsignor
not to give him this honor.
1954, November 1—Named
Archbishop of Milan.
1958, December 15—Named
to Sacred College of Cardinals
by John XXIII.
1960—Re-visited United
States.
1962—Made extensive trip in
Africa, visiting missions.
1963, June 21—Elected by
Sacred College of Cardinals
as Pope.
POPE PAUL VI AT AGE THREE—Three-year-old Giovanni Battista Montini, the new
Pope Paul VI is shown in the arms of his grandmother, Francesca Buffoli Algihisi, in
this photo taken in 1900. Shown with him is his brother, Lodovico (at right) who is now a
member of the Italian Parliament. The 65-year-old Cardinal Archbishop of Milan was
elected pope on June 21, 1963, by the Sacred College of Cardinals.—(NC Photos)
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Says Extraordinary Means Not
Required For Terminally III
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., (NC)
—Auxiliary Bishop Fulton J.
Sheen of New York said here
no moral difficulty is involved
if “extraordinary” medical
means are not used to keep a
terminally ill person alive.
"Particularly if the family
doesn’t ask for such meas
ures,” there is no need to use
them to prolong the final hours
of life in a case regarded as
hopeless, the Bishop said at
a joint press conference (June
16).
Dr. Edward R. Rynearson of
the Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
Minn., was the other person
giving his views at the confer
ence. He and Bishop Sheen took
part in a special program on
physician-clergy relationships
at the American Medical Asso
ciation convention here. ~
Dr. Rynearson said that
whenever possible he would
"fight” the use of "extraor
dinary means” to keep alive
so-called hopeless cases. He
referred to the use of tubes,
oxygen and special equipment
in keeping the terminally ill
patient alive.
Bishop Sheen said: "If the
doctor told me that extraor
dinary means would be needed
and I was lying with a body full
of tubes to keep me alive, I
would ask him to take them out.
There is no moral difficulty in
such a situation.”
* ‘Here we are dealing with a
medical problem,” the Bishop
added, explaining that in such
cases he would ‘ 'consel the fam
ily to take the advice of the doc
tor.”
He and Dr. Rynearson stress
ed that their opinions had noth
ing to do with euthanasia, the
deliberate taking of life in so-
called mercy killings.
(In an address to an interna
tional congress of anesthesiolo
gists, Pope Pius XII said on
November 24, 1957: "Natural
reason and Christian morals
say that man . . . has the right
and duty in case of serious
illness to take the necessary
treatment for the preserva
tion of life and health ... But
normally one is held to use only
ordinary means . . . that is to
say, means that do not involve
any grave burden for oneself
or another. A more strict ob
ligation would be too bur
densome for most men and
would render the attainment of
the higher, more important good
too difficult. ’ ’
SILVER TRUMPETS RING OUT AND THE BRILLIANT
CORONATIpN PROCESSION ENTERS ST. PETER'S.
FOLLOWING IT IS THE HOLY FATHER ROBED IN WHITE
AND GOLD AND SEATED ON THE SEDIA CESTATOR/A.
THREE TIMES THE PROCESSION HALTS AS THE
MASTER OF CEREMONIES BURNS A WISP OF FIBER-
"HOLY FATHER, SO PASSES THE GLORY OF TH/S WORLD”
THEN THE POPE BEGINS HIS
CORONATION MASS. THE CARDINAL
DEACON PLACES THE PALLIUM OVER
HIS SHOULDERS. IT IS THE SIGN
OF AUTHORITY.
AFTER INCENSING THE ALTAR, HE PROCEEDS
TO THE THRONE AND RECEIVES THE OBEDIENCE
OF THE CARDINALS WHO KISS HIS FOOT AND
HAND. HE EXCHANGES WARM EMBRACES WITH
THEM.
AFTER THE CREDO, THE
SACR/STA CONSUMES TWO OF
THE THREE HOSTS PREPARED,
LEAVING ONE FOR MASS, AND
TASTES THE WATER AND WINE.
THIS ACTION DATES FROM THE
RENAISSANCE WHEN THESE
PRECAUTIONS WERE CUSTOMARY
THE HOLY FATHER RETURNS TO HIS THRONE
FOLLOWING THE AGNUS DEI, KNEELS AND
RECEIVES THE HOLY EUCHARIST.
THE HOLY FATHER HAS ENTERED THE
HALL OF BENEDICTIONS, ACCOMPANIED 8Y
THE CARDINALS, PRELATES AND OTHER
DIGNITARIES.
THE CORONATION IS AT HAND. *RECEIVE
THE TIARA;' SAYS THE FIRST CARDINAL
DEACON, "ADORNED WITH THREE CROWNS,...”
THE NEWLY-CROWNED POPE APPEARS ON THE BALCONY OF ST. PETER'S
TO GIVE HIS BLESSING TO THE CITY AND TO THE WORLD. NOW, AMID
THE HAPPY SHOUTS OF "LONG LIVE THE POPEt” HE TAKES UP THE
HEAVY CARLS OF HIS OFFICE. " '
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