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i PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN' THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963 DESPITE SUFFERING Final Agony Of Pontiff One Of Serene Acceptance (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) Radio at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, the Pontiff remained unconsc- ioua. His pulse was fairly st rong and his temperature re mained at 101.4 degrees. His breathing was being aided by oxygen. "The general impres sion is of a progressive wor sening and that everything rests in the Hands of God." CARDINALS were then being admitted to the sickroom to Join members of the Roncalli family and of the papal housenold. Am ong those taking care of the Pope was Augustinman Brother Fed erico Bellottl, who had been assigned to papal duty for afor- tnight. It was on the eve of Pentecost that Pope John greet ed Eugene Cardinal Tlsserant, Dean of the College of Cardi nals, with words based on the 87th Psalm: "Incline Your ear to my call for help, 0 God, for I am afflicted and miser able." f\ bum Henry Berrien Zettler, former Atlanta resident will be ordained to the priesthood In Rome, Italy on Saturday. A gra duate of Marist College, class of 1953, Father Zettler Is a member of the Marist Fathers who conduct the Marist Sch ool on Ashford-Dunwoody Road. Aloyslus Cardinal Fraglia, Pro- Vicar of the Holy Fa ther for the Diocese of Rome will officiate. The ceremonies will take place in St. John La- teran Church in Rome, Italy. Father Zettler will celebrate his first Mass on Sunday in the Church of (Xir Lady of the Ro sary In Rome. Mrs. Elizabeth Conway, mo ther of Father Zettler, and John Conway, sophomore at Marist and half brother of the new priest, left Atlanta on May 19 to attend the ordination. The Conways are members of Im maculate Conception parish. After his ordination. Father Zettler will remain in Rome one year for higher studies. He will then be assigned a post by the order. Father Zettler was born at Atlanta In October 1935. He attended the Immaculate Con- Loroy’s Auto Sorvico Tune Up - Front End Alignment Automatic Transmission 40U P’troo Rd. CE 7-1288 A 10:30 p.m. bulletin repor ted a rise in temperature, but no other change. The atmosp here of the papal apartment was described as one of calm, ser enity and quiet. With the dawn of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church, the Pope was again conscious and lucid. Ten days previously, Pope John had planned to re tire from all but the most pres sing business to devote himself to private prayer and rest in preparation for the great feast of the Holy Spirit. Instead, his last nine days had been a no vena of prayer and pain which were closely observed by an anxious and sympathetic world. AT 6 A.M. Sunday Vatican Ra dio in the first commuhlque In seven and a half hours report ed that the Pontiff's condition remained unchanged after a calm night. Drs. Valdonl and Mazzoni were on duty through out the night, as was Arch- FA fHER zettler cepclon ParochlalSchool.'He was an honor student for eight ye ars. From the "1C.", Berrien entered Marist College, and graduated in 1953. Having completed two years of scholarship work at Emory he left the University to enter Saint Mary’s Manor, Marist Seminary at Pendal, Pennsyl vania and the Marist Novitiate at Staten Island. Upon the com pletion of his novitiate, went to the Society's House of Stu dies at Washington, D.C., where he remained for almost five years. Father Zettler has one sis ter, Mrs. Gerald P. Cleary of Boston; two brothers, Lt.j.g. Thomas R. Zettler U.S.N. pre sently assigned to the USSBox er, and half brother John K. Conway, a student at Marist College, Atlanta. bishop Dell'Acqua. The Pope’s breathing and pulse had become slightly more normal. During his brief periods of wakeful ness, Pope John sipped water and recited brief prayers. But the outlook was "positively un favorable.’’ Cardinal Cicognanl offered the Mass of Pentecost at 6 a.m. In the Pope's bedroom, and Pope John was able to follow it atten tively. But he was unable to re ceive Holy Communion. At the conclusion of the Mass the Pontiff "with fervor" re cited the Magnificat, the great prayer which Mary recited when her cousin Elizabeth greeted her with the words, "Blessed art thou among women. ..." The Pope repeated ejaculatory prayers, Then he again impar ted his blessings on the whole Church, the College of Cardi nals, the bishops, the clergy, the sick, children and all the faithful— especially to mem bers of Christian labor organi zations throughout the world. To his nephew, Msgr. Giam battista Roncalli, the Pope en trusted again a special blessing for his home diocese of Ber gamo and for all his relatives. ADDITIONAL Masses were celebrated in the room in the course of Pentecost. At the end of one of them, the Pope asked that the Introit and Lesson be read again. The Pentecost Introit, based on the first chapter of the Book of Wis dom, begins, **The Spirit of the Lord fills the whole wor ld. . ." The Lesson, from the Acts of the Apostles, tells of the descent of the Holy Spi rit upon the Apostles and the amazement of men of all nat ions at hearing them speak in their own languages. The Pope years earlier had remarked that many of the peo ples mentioned in this Lesson had come from what is today Turkey, It was reported that on his sickbed he turned his mind and affections toward the Turks and the other Eastern peoples he had lived among as a pap al diplomat—the Bulgarians and the Greeks. And he told those at his bedside of having himself celebrated the Mass of Pente cost in the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul. At 7:40 A.M. communique from the papal apartment re ported that "the robust consit- tutlon of the Holy Father conti nues to resist tenaciously the advance of the disease which is consuming him." His tempera ture was 101,3 and the pulse was good. All three physicians were then in constant atten dance. Due to the Pope's illness, the Italian government can celled an immense parade sche duled for the 17th anniversary of the Italian Republic, which fell on June 2. Normally, over 100,000 Italian troops, squadr ons of tanks, mounted missi les and other armaments would have passed through downtown Rome to be reviewed by Pre sident Antonio Segnl and other top government officials. But in respect for the Pope whose constant appeal was for peace, the display of weapons of war was called off. Presi dent Segni also cancelled a gala garden reception for 3,000 guests at the Qulrinal Palace. Meanwhile, the crowds which had never completely vanished from St. Peter’s Square swel led slowly on the warm holi day morning, even though rain soon beat down upon them. SHORTLY before 10 a.m. it was announced that the Pope remained fully lucid. And a few minutes later it was announced that he had again given his bles sing to the Church and the world. But by Sunday noon, the rain- drenched faithful in the square learned that the Pontiff's tem perature had gone well above 103. His pulse was varying bet ween 130 and 135 beats a min ute. Dr. Valdoni, at the Pope’s bedside at 11:30, said his men tal facllties were still "fairly good." BREATHING with the aid of an oxygen mask, Pope John ap peared to be praying from time to time, his hands stretched out at his sides with palms up- ST. 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Assisting him are priests of the Archdiociese on the annual retreat at the monastery. ward as if in a prayer of supplication and of selfoblation. During his long moments of prayer, his gaze often rested on a large photograph of Pope St. Pius X which that pope of his early priesthood had Insc ribed to him on another Pen tecost 58 years earlier. The Inscription Reads: "To the be loved priest Angelo Roncalli, invoking every good wish for him We willingly Impart the ap ostolic blessing." Pope John's mind continued to be clear as the afternoon wore on. But he seemed, as Vatican Radio put it, "to live only with God, speaking with Him and of Him." THE lights were low in the sickroom. The Pope lay on the plain brass bed which had been Pope Pius XH's. He was usu ally kept in a half-sitting posi tion to make his breathing eas ier. From time to time he would make a signal to have the oxy gen mask removed. Sometimes he would rest his weight on his hands to sit up free of the pil lows plied behind his head and shoulders. The once-full face was thin and angular against the pillows. His perspiring forehead was as pale as the bed linen. The-sight of his hands, turned heaven wards in an unmistakable ges- tuer of prayer, moved many at his bedside to tears. From time to time his eyes closed as if he were asleep. On the telephone table next to his bed was a bottle of min eral water. A row of medic ine bottles stood on another table in a corner. The doctors stood by, alert but only able to watch. IT SEEMED in those hours that John XXIII no longer re cognized his associates as they came near his bedside. But Vat ican Radio said later that ab out five o'clock Sunday after noon the Pope gave signs of following the Eastertime pra yer, the Regina Coeli, and the litany of the saints. Throughout the city every ra dio was turned to Vatican Ra dio to hear the bulletins on the Pope's condition, which were repeated without interr uption in every major language of the world. As night fell on the city on Pentecost Sunday estimated 80, 000 persons were in St. Peter's Square awaiting the end, which was then expected momentarily Many of them were prepared to pass the night there. Two am bulances were stationed in the square to attend any eventual ity among the watchers. Police entered the square to maintain order. Traffic police diverted vehicles from the approaches to the Vatican as a constant silent procession moved in its direction. IT WAS now three days and the beginning of the third night of the vigil as the Pope’s de ath was expected from minute to minute. Tlhe night dragged on and the ranks of the watchers thinned out in the square. Pope John was now consider ed to be in his final agony and the oxygen mask was re moved from his face. Medi cal bulletins detailing the Pont iff's temperature, pulse and re spiration were repeated almost hourly. At 7:45 p.m. Sunday a spe cial bulletin over Vatican Radio said: "The Holy Father’s con dition is very grave indeed and all are asked to pray for him." As the crisis deepened the Pope revived momentarily to pray the prayer of Christ at the Last Supper "that they all may be one." He was to re peat the prayer again during the night, showing a watching world that he was offering his severe pain for Christian unity, which he, more than any other pope since the Reformation, had come closest to accomplishing. POPE JOHN would certainly die soon, but he was clearly dedicating his last hours to an attempt to persuade the powers of heaven and earth that the first step toward Christian union would not be abandoned. Archbishop Antonio Samore, Secretary of the Sacred Con gregation for Extraorinary Ec clesiastical Affairs, who was stationed in the papal apart ments throughout the Pope's ill ness, stepped out of the scene for a moment and described it as "almost like a church." Bishop Alfredo Cavagna, the Pope's confessor, knelt at the bedside. Behind him around the room were Pope John's re latives and his closest collab orators—his Secretary of State, Amleto Cardinal Cicognanl, and his faithful personal secretary, Msgr. Loris Capovilla, among them. At 8 p.m. Sunday the Pope's respiration collapsed and it was thought that he had expired. But his breathing revived, and his strong constitution pushed him on through the night. NOW came the sound over Vatican Radio which those who remembered the death watch of Pope Pius XII in 1958 recogn ized as a sign that death was expected within minutes; the sound of voices outside the dy ing Pope's room reciting the Rosary. At 10 p.m., Archbishop Dell’ Acqua left the Pope's room and told reporters that "His Hol iness has full use of his mind and is following the prayers be ing recited. He has renewed his blessings for the world. He is suffering greatly and Is offering It with full conscious ness of his pain." Midnight passed. It was now early in the morning of Pente cost Monday, June 3. A Vatican Radio bulletin at 1 a.m. re ported: "The Pope is sinking gradually and perceptibly. The weak flame of his life is slowly dying out." THE communiques became less frequent in the early hours as many men, wearied by the long vigil, sought a few hours of rest. Vatican Radio remain ed on the air with a program of organ music until its next bulletin, at 3 a.m.: "There is little change. There Is little hope. One awaits only the ac complishment of God's will.'' At that same hour, Pope John suffered a severe seizure of pain. A crucifix was placed in his hands, and, remaining con scious until dawn, he never let it go.- The first light of the fourth day was showing in the sky as churchmen and newsmen— with a promise from their col leagues that they would "phone as soon as anything happens" —threw themselves fully dres sed and exhausted on their beds. At 5 a.m. the radio organ music stopped for a bulletin saying: "The Pope continues to live through his slow agony. For the fourth time, the dawn rises on the sufferings of Pope John XXIII supported by prayer. 'Hie Lord of mercy and the Re- warder of the just will not fall to heed the sufferings and pra yers which His faithful servant has raised to Him with such lofty intention both for the union of believers and for the sal vation of souls. He will hear also the prayers of the faith ful raised this night before His throne." MONDAY morning Mass was celebrated In the study adjoin ing the Pope's sickroom by Msgr. Capovilla, by Cardinal Cicognanl, by Bishop Cavagna, and by Msgr. Roncalli, Those present said that the Pope showed signs on more than one occasion that he was joining in spiritually in the Masses and in the prayers being recited continually at his bedside. A bulletin by Drs. Gasbarrini, Valdoni and Mazzoni was issued at 8: 20 a.m. Monday. The Pope was lapsing into unconscious ness frequently and his react ion to stimulants was poor, It said. His fever was high, and his pulse and respiration were becoming more more rapid. Inthecourse of Monday morn ing, Vatican officials met to consider the steps to be taken upon the death of the Pope. Am ong them were Benedetto Car dinal Alois 1 Masella, who as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church would have the duty of summoning and directing the conclave and of administering the Church pending the elect ion of a new pope. Cardinal Alois! Masella, 83, is also Cam erlengo, or Chamberlain, of the College of Cardinals. Those who met with him in cluded Archbishop Francessco Carpino, Secretary of the Col lege of Cardinals; Msgr. Fede rico Callori di Vignale, the Pope’s Majordomo (Perfect of the papal palaces); and Arch bishop Enrico Dante, acting in his capactiy as Perfect of the Pontifical Masters of Cere monies, AT NOON, Vatican Radio is sued a bulletin stating that the Pope was unconscious, and that his fever had increased. At 2:30 p.m. Monday Vatican Radio said: "Prayers are now the only comfort that can be offered the Holy Father. Hie strong consti tution which has resisted the disease so tenaciously is now to be inexorably overpowered. The ] possibility* of intervention on the pen of the attending doctors is decreasing minute by minute." The Pope's blood pressure had by then dropped to a count of 95. At 7 o'clock that evening, Luigi Cardinal Traglia, the Pope’s Pro-Vicar General, for Rome, offered Mass on the st eps of St. Peter's basilica so that the throng of 80,000 gather ed sorrowfully in the square could pray for the dying Bish op of Rome. The Pope died at 7:49 p.m. Rome time, (2:49 p.m. EDT) on Monday, June 3. His death was officially certified by Car dinal Alois! Masella and was made public a minute later. With the Pontiff when death came were his three brothers and his sister. The minutes later, at 7:53 p.m., Vatican Radio in a spe cial hookup with the Italian network gave the solemn newe: "With soul profoundly moved, we give you the following an nouncement: "The Supreme Pontiff, John XXIII, is dead. The Pope of goodness expired in a saintly way and serenely after receiv ing the sacraments of the Holy Roman Church." CATHOLIC TRAVEL OFFICE Announces Pilgrimage to Rome for election and coronation of the new Pope June 16 - 29, 1963. All inclusive cost - $798. CATHOLIC TRAVEL OFFICE Dupont Circle Building, Washington 6, D.C. Will The Real Lebanese-Americans Stand Up? THE LEBANESE-AMERICANS, a friendly close-knit group, meet in varioua cities to enjoy their traditional foods and son**. lor the older folka, born in Lebanon* there are bits of news of the old country to share ... Did you know that many of their inercuauts were re sponsible for the popularity of ki monos, lacea, linens, Oriental ruga and Near East foods in this country? So says the famed scholar, Dr. Philip K. Hitti, in the Encyclopedia of Islam • . . We think of these people when wc get an appeal such aa the one from the village of AIC11IEH in TIRO diocese in Lebanon. The vil lagers, mostly poor farm workers, about 1,000 in number, are trying to replace their ■mall, inade quate and very rundown church with a larger more sultuble one . . . Encouraged by their Bishop, they appeal to us for $4,000 to build outside wails. They have the land and if they can have help with the walls, they feel they will be able to finish the building from their own small earninga and labor. Will you help them? Any amount will be appreciated . . . Per haps one of the many Lebaneae-Americnn groups would like to make thla a special work of charity* Please help now! “Men always ring a little bell When the sacring time la here, And then shalt thou do reverence To Christ Jesua’ own high presence." (From i 13th century Maas Book). In 18 Near and Middle East countries, our MISSIONARY PRIESTS, 15,000 in number, struggle against difficulties of climate, lack of finances, need for helpers, to bring the "high presence" of Christ Into the midst of their people. Your MASS STIPENDS are often their only meana of daily support. Please remember them from time to time. Thanks! JUNE IS FOR BRIDES We have the names of many young women wishing to become "Brides of Christ.” They need help to pay expense* of their two-yesr novitiate, which are $130 a >eur . . . Name* such ms SISTER ROSE MARY and SISTER MARY CYRIL or the C{| mslite Slaters of Kothamangalam, India! We have also many seminarians desirous of becoming priests . . . Their education costs $600 each ($100 a year), In the case of ANTHONY GEORGE F.ET1CKAL and JACOB PAUL VADA8SERY of Bangalore, lu* FATHER’S DAY IS SUNDAY JUNE 18. Why nut a Mass said for his intention? A MEMORIAL GIFT too will keep on remembering him when placed in some mission chapel. U’o’ll send a lovely FATi11 U S DAY GIFT CARD to let him know what you haw done. We suggest: Vestments <S50>, Monstrance ($40), Chalice ($4U). Ciborium ($40), Tabernacle ($25), Censer ($2U), Stations of the Cross >$25, Altar Linen* l$lo) Sanctuary Lamp i$15>, Sanctuary Bell ($5). . QUOTABLE QUOTE. 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