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f the Archdiocese of Atlanta PRAY FOR POPE JOHN t- lH GEO SERVING GEORGIA'S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES VOL. 1 NO. 22 ATI ANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963 $5.00 PER YEAR DESPITE SUFFERING Final Hours Of Pontiff Are Serene VATICAN CITY, (NCJ—A worldwide death watch came to an end at 7:49 p.m. (2:49 p.m. EDT) June 3, almost 20 hours after Pope John XXIIImurmur- ed his last words praying for the union of all Christians. The Pontiff’s last lbreathi freed him of the agony which brought the world to his side by every modern means of com munication for a four-day sor rowful vigil. WITHIN minutes after the Pope’s death Vatican Radio an nounced: "It is with profound sorrow that we announce the death of our beloved Pope John XXIII. His Holiness, whose kindness and humility have won the admi ration and affection of all man kind, died peacefully and sere nely in his apartment in the Vat ican apostolic palace at 7:49 p.m. this evening, the third of June, 1963. "The Holy Father had recei ved the last sacraments of the Church on Saturday morning (June 1) at his own request. He had been attended with lov ing care right to the end by his closest collaborators and by his doctors. "THE inexorable disease which had become graver and graver during the last few mon ths had gradually worn down his strong constitution, but it did not prevent the Vicar of Chr ist from fulfilling the arduous duties of his high office with indomitable pastoral zeal.. . . "His Holiness lived 81 years, 6 months and 9 days." The inevitable word "The Pope is dead" came gravely through the loudspeakers and echoed through St. Peter’s Squ are where an estimated 100,000 were gathered. They had Just finished a Mass offered for Pope John on the front steps of St. Peter’s basilica by Luigi Car dinal Traglia, the Pope’s Pro- Vicar General for Rome. On this same square on ano ther anxious evening four and a half years earlier, a similar crowd had heard the words, "We have a pope." On hearing the name Angelo Giuseppe Car dinal Roncalli, few had recogni zed it, and this reporter had hoard the prophetic comment: "He'll be uncommonly common, a pope of the people." The words "The Pope is dead" were hardly spoken when the bells of St. Peter's began their mournful toll. The sound was taken up and repeated by the city's 400 churches as the word sped across the earth's surface by radio. FOR SOME 60 of the 82 members of the College of Car dinals, the news signaled imme diate preparations for the jour ney to Rome. A new pope, the 262nd, will have to be elected. At 8 p.m., 11 minutes aftei the Pontiff expired, the light in his room were seen to brig hten. They had been kept low in the Pope's last agony and now were turned up as his body was prepared to receive the veneration of the first mour ners. Present in the Pope’s room at the moment of death were: Am- leto Cardinal Clcognani, his Secretary of State; Bishop Al fredo Cavagna, his confessor: Msgr. Loris Capovilla, h's per sonal secretary; his brothers, Zaverio, Giuseppe and Alfredo Roncalli, and his sister, Assu- nta. Also present as he died were his nephew, Msgr. Giambattista Roncalli of Bergamo; four nie ces; Guido Gusso, his personal valet: Drs. Antoni Gasbarrini, Pietro Valdoni and Piero Maz- zoni, and a male nurse, Aug- ustinian Brother Federico Bel- lotti. PENTECOST, Monday, June 3, was a day which the Ch urch would never forget for it marked the day when one of the most beloved popes of all times died. Never before had a pope’s fi nal agony been followed so clo sely and with such deep and sin cere sorrow, not only by Cath olics but by men of every creed and circumstances on the face of the earth. An intercontinental airliner flying over the Atlantic had kept its passengers informed of the Pope's condition with hourly bulletins given over the loud speakers by the plane's captain. Radio and television pro grams in every part of the world were Interrupted to keep listen ers posted on the latest report from the Pope’s bedroom on the top floor of the apostolic pa lace. According to a Spanish-lang- uage broadcast over Vatican (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) 82 PRINCES Cardinals Set Conclave To Open June 19 LYING in state before a large, 16th-century tapestry, fope John XXIII holds the crucifix he requested that he be buried with. The Pontiff, who died on June 3 after four days of suffering, was laid out in a large reception room in the papal apartments. His body was later moved to St. Peter’s Basilica where the fune ral Mass was offered on June 6. FROM ALL OVER WORLD Thousands File Past Bier Of Pope In St. Peter’s Basilica Ceremony VATICAN CITY —The body of Pope John XXIII was carried into St. Peter’s basilica along the same route over which the Pontiff had been borne on his portable throne nine months earlier to open the ecumenical council. Despite overcast skies, hund- BURIED WITH POPE Pectoral Cross Of Simple Taste VATICAN CITY (NC)—His Holiness Pope John XXIII asked that a simple pectoral cross— a copy of one he bought 30 years ago In Milan—be burled with him. Pope John entruated the cross to Fernando Cardinal Cento, Grand Penitentiary, on Pente cost Sunday (June 2) and asked him to keep it until it was time for the Pope's body to be vest ed. He asked that the cross be placed around his neck then. THE POPE first saw the ori ginal cross in the window of an antique shop in Milan in 1925 It was a plain metal cross which apparently once belonged to the abbot of the Monastery of St. Ambrose in Milan. The dealer asked too high a price for it, and the then newly con secrated Bishop Roncalli left the shop without buying it. The following year, he re turned and saw that the cross was still for sale. This time he bought it. When he became Pope, he gave it to the treasury* of Milan’s cathedral. An acquaintance of the Pope later gave him a copy of the ancient cross and it was this copy that the Pope entrusted to Cardinal Cento, saying: "It's a simple cross. Place it on my chest." The Sacred Congregation of Rites has given permission to all churches, chapels and ora tories throughout the world to have one Requiem for Pope John XXIII during the Octave of Pentecost. The Rites Congregation has also permitted all priests, even those who offer Mass privately, to offer one Requiem for the Pope during this period. Every day in the Octave of Pentecost is a first class feast and Requiems are ordinarily prohibited on first class feasts. reds of thousands of Romans and visitors filled the vast sq uare in front of the basilica to pay tribute to their beloved Pope John. LONG before the procession emerged Tuesday from the great bronze doors of the apo stolic palace at the right of the basilica, the people heard the sorrowful chanting of the Jul ian Choir. The words of the penitent ial Psalm, Miserere, carried into the square: "Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy." The procession formed in the Royal Hall of the Vatican Pal ace. The Pope's body was bro ught down from the floor above in a bier carried by the "sed- lari," the men who bore the pa pal throne during Pope John’s lifetime, As the procession moved slowly out of the bronze doors, the bells of St. Peter’s began their funeral tolling. Their deep notes mingled with the chant: ON SATURDAY "Cast me not away from thy face; and take not the Holy Spi rit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.*’ THE procession was a spec tacle of Renaissance beauty and pomp. It was led by a squad of Palatine Guards who set a slow and measured pace. Next came four Swiss Guards in uni forms said to have been de signed by the artist Raphael. These were followed by of ficers of the Papal Gendarmes, the Palatine Guard of Honor, the Swiss Guards and the No ble Guards. After coming out of the bron ze doors, the procession turn ed right and moved toward the obelisk in the center of St. Peter's square, where it turn ed right again and moved for ward to enter the main doors of the basilica. Following the group of papal guards came a cross bearer flanked by acolytes. Next came the Julian Choir, the choir of St. Peter's. Behind them came the students of the Roman Semi nary NEXT, in black and gold vest ments, came the celebrant of the ceremony, Bishop Peter C. Van Lierde, the Papal Sacristan, who later imparted absolution to the body after it was pla ced in St. Peter’s. The Bishop was followed by the "bussolanti" of the papal palace, the men who wear the red crimson costumes with knee britches and who are on duty in the State apartments of the popes. Behind them came the Knights of Cape and Sword in black velvet uniforms with white ruffs. These were followed by offi- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) There are 82 members in the College of Cardinals that will meet in conclave to elect a suc cessor to Pope John XXIII on June 19. Of these: The oldest is 91 years of age (as of June 8); the youngest is 49 The average age of the college is slightly more than 72 years. THE cardinals are more than 80 years of age; 34 betw een 70 and 80; 17 between 60 and 70; 10 between 50 and 60; 1 under 50. Twenty-eight are from Italy; 8 from France; 7 from Spain; 5 from the U.S.; 3 from Ger many; 3 from Brazil; 2 from Portugal: 2 from Canada; 2 from Argentina; 1 from Africa; 1 from Austria; 1 from Austra lia; 1 from Armenia; 1 from Belgium; 1 from Chile; 1 from China: 1 from Colombia; Ifrom Ecuador; 1 from Holland; 1 from Hungary; 1 from India; 1 from Ireland; 1 from Japan; 1 from Mexico; 1 from Peru; 1 from the Philippines; 1 from Poland; 1 from Scotland; 1 from Syria; 1 from Uruguay; 1 from Venezuela. Forty-five were created car dinals by Pope John XX111; 29 by Pope Pius XII; 8 by Pope Pius XI. Thirty-two of the cardinals are on the administrative staff of the Church in Rome, while 50 are Ordinaries of archdio ceses and dioceses throughout the world. Of the latter, Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty, Primate of Hungary, is impeded in the exercise of his office and is residing in the American em bassy in Budapest, and Tho mas Cardinal Tien, S.V.D., is exiled from the Archdiocese of Peking, China. THE cardinals in order of their rank and their ages are: Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, Dean of the Sacred College and Prefect of the Sacred Congre gation of Ceremonial, French, 79; Clemente Cardinal Mlcara, Vicar General for Rome, Ita lian, 84; Giuseppe Cardinal Piz- zardo, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, Italian, 86; Bene detto Cardinal Aloisi Masella, Prefect of the Sacred Congre gation of Sacramental Disci pline, Italian, 84; Giuseppe Car dinal Ferretto, member of the Vatican administrative staff, Italian, 64; Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, Papal Secretary of State, Ita lian, 80; Manuel Cardinal Gon- calves Cerejeira, Patriarch of Lisbon, Portuguese, 75; Achille Cardinal Lienart, Bishop of Lille, French, 79; Murilio Car dinal Fossati, Archbishop of Turin, Italian, 87; Ignace Car dinal Tappouni, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians, Syrian, 84; Santiago Cardinal Copello, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 OFFICIAL The Sacred Congregation of Rites has given permission to all churches, chapels and ora tories throughout the world to have one Requiem for Pope John XXlll during the Octave of Pent ecost. The Rites Congregation has also permitted all priests, even those who offer Mass privately, to offer one Requiem for the Pope during this period. Every day in the Octave of Pentecost is a first class feast and Requiems arc ordinarily prohibited on first class feasts. m Ordination Set For 3 Deacons APPRECIATION We wish to thank the management and staff of The Decatur-DeKalb News, and all others who cooperated so generously in time and effort to make possible the pub lication of Monday’s special edition mark ing the death of Pope John XXIII. Also those advertisers who sponsored the issue as a public service. Three Seminarians for the Archdiocese of Atlanta will be raised to the order of deacons on Saturday (June 8) at 9:30 A.M. at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan will elevate to the deaconate the Rev. Mr. Michael A. Mor ris, Rev. Mr, Edward A. Dan- neker, and Rev. Mr. James F. Scharer. AFTER the ceremonies the three deacons will be assigned to parishes within the Arch diocese, serving the poor and sharing in .the preaching and baptizing. TIUs is in keeping w ith the announcement by Arch bishop Hallinan earlier this year. He then said that the de acon program will be on an ex perimental basis. They will work under the direction of pas tors and will be able to dist ribute Holy Communion, both in the Church and to the sick. Archbishop Hallinan said "An 'active diaconate,' besides being of real help to the par ish, will also provide a good 'apprenticeship' to our deacons as they begin their final year of preparation for our diocesan priesthood. In the Roman Pont ifical the deacon’s role is de scribed as follows: 'the deacon must serve at the altar, bap tize and preach’. The deacons have been assi gned to parishes as follows: The Rev. Mr. Morris, Our Lady of the Assumption; the Rev. Mr. Danneker, St. Thomas More; and the Rev, Mr. Scharer, the Cathedral. CATHEDRAL of Christ The King Draped in mourning for Pope John XXIIL