Cardinal Spellman Welcomed in Rome
In Rome Cardinal Spellman the senior member of the Sacred College arrived to take part in the consistory creating new cardinals. He was met at Capitoline by three American archbishops Amleto Cicognani Richard Cushing and John O Hara who traveled from the United States to receive their red hats.
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America
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New York
Ciampino
United States
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani
Richard Cardinal Cushing
John Cardinal O’hara
Catholic official visits Tokyo during East Asia trip
Msgr Paul F Tanner general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference spent a day in Tokyo en route to the Manila conference. A plane delay gave him extra hours to meet Archbishop Maximilien de Furstenberg Apostolic Internuncio to Japan the Secretariat of the National Catholic Committee of Japan the Tokyo office of Catholic Relief Service NCWC and the Tokyo USO club.
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Far East
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Japan
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Catholic Relief Service
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USO Club
Moslems Join Catholics In Lourdes Pilgrimage
Moslems from North Africa joined Catholics at Lourdes for a peace prayer in Algeria. About 40 pilgrims, mostly workers now in the Paris area, carried an Ave Maria banner in Arabic during Mass at the grotto with Kabyle gospel readings.
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North Africa
Algeria
Paris
St. Bernadette
Kabyle
Pope John to Broadcast Message to Lourdes
Vatican City report says Pope John XXIII will broadcast a special Message to Lourdes during the closing ceremony. The note appears in the Vatican Radio schedule with further details carried on page 2.
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Lourdes
Vatican City
Radio
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Solemn Christmas Mass at Dallas Sacred Heart Cathedral
A Pontifical High Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Cathedral Dallas starting 11:30 p.m. followed by a midnight procession with a trumpeted fanfare. Bishop Thomas K. Gorman will celebrate, with a large clergy and 15 Knights of Columbus serving as honor guard. WFAA-570 will air the service with Steve Landregan as commentator.
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V.G
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James Aaron
S. J. Rivoire
S.J
James H. McLeod
Eugene Witkowski
Robert Litteken
William F. O’brien
Knights of Columbus
WFAA-570
Steve Landregan
Retreat House Under Construction In Rimini To Counter Communism
In Rimini Italy a new retreat house dedicated to Pope Pius XII rises to aid working men amid a strong Italian Communist presence. The Rimini diocese funds the project led by Father Emilio Pasolini, replacing a prior retreat house destroyed in World War II. The NCCM backs UN recognition withdrawal from Red Hungary while opposing steps toward recognizing Red China.
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Romagna
Pius XII
Emilio Pasolini
Solemn Procession Culminates Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast in Dallas
Bishop Thomas K. Gorman presided at the evening Mass and led a wind cold procession that closed the Dallas celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The day began with Las Mananitas and Masses, followed by a float bearing Our Lady, Juan Diego figures, Matachines dancers, and a final singing of Adios O Virgen de Guadalupe.
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Juan Diego
Tepeyac Hill
Mexico
World Largest Modern College of Cardinals Formed
Pope John XXIII led a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's on December 18 as 21 men received red hats, enlarging the College of Cardinals to 74. The three consistories, including secret ones on December 15 and 18, culminated in a public consistory with new princes of the Church pledging obedience to the pope.
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John XXIII
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Cardinal Cushing Gifts $25,000 for Polish Priest Education
Boston Cardinal Richard Cushing gave $25,000 to Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski for educating Polish priests in Rome and Paris. The gift, raised from friends, included $3,600 from Boston’s Police Department. Cushing praised Wyszynski and noted Polish vocations amid Iron Curtain hardship.
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Msgr Rihn Addresses Dallas Serra Banquet
At the Serra Banquet on December 11 Bishop Thomas K. Gor man called the gathering auspicious as the 245th birth anniversary of Father Junipero Serra is celebrated in Mallorca. Msgr Roy Rihn of San Antonio delivered the address urging lift up your hearts and radiate hope in the Church.
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California
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Mallorca
Roy Rihn
San Antonio
Pope John XXIII Grants abstinence dispensation
In Vatican City the Pope issued a decree granting a dispensation from abstinence for Friday December 26, the day after Christmas, in response to many bishops’ requests. The Sacred Congregation of the Council officially issued the decree.
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Radio
John XXIII
Sacred Congregation of the Council
Pope speaks English at first regular audience
In Vatican City Pope John XXIII delivers his first weekly general audience in English saying he is in his novitiate with the language. He speaks Italian French English and Spanish, calling for a united family with Mary as mother and noting he will improve.
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Nuns to Build New Hospital in Singapore
The Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood will lay the cornerstone of a 73 bed hospital in Singapore on January 9 1959.
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Malaya
Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood
Bishop Gorman Mass Honors Our Lady at K of C Meet
In Dallas the Abram Ryan Assembly of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus held its annual meeting in Sacred Heart Cathedral to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe. Bishop Thomas K. Gorman led a low Mass and Father Simon Stock Arenas preached. It featured memorial chalices and patens for knights who died this year. The bishop praised Jesuit, Franciscan, and Carmelite mission work among Latin American Indians and contrasted colonial efforts with secular critics, noting past gold rush abuses.
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
Gorman
Knights Ernest Butcher
William Peyton Sr
John Dolly
William Brannon
George Nicoud Sr
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