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tions this morning, found his emf
nence dead in his room.
Immediately his death was made
known the telephone lines at the
chancery Office and Mundelein Semi
nary were flooded with calls from
the faithful. Expressions of sorrow
came from leaders of all faiths
throughout the Nation.
Mentioned as Papal Candidate.
One of the best known of the
Catholic clergy in the United States,
Cardinal Mundelein was mentioned
as a papal candidate on the death
of Pope Plus xI this year.
The cardinal attracted world
wide attention in 1887 when he
referred to Adolf Hitler, in a public
address, as IAN Austrian paper
hanger and a poor one at that"
He was close friend of President
Roosevelt, whom he visited in the
White House on several occasions.
The President, on tour Of the
Nation in 1896, was a guest Of the
Cardinal at a luncheon in the pre-
late's Chicago residence.
In 1916, at a banquet honoring
the cardinal, hundreds of civic
leaders and Catholic laity were
stricken i'll in a poison plot which
shocked the Nation. Several died.
Poison was found in the soup, and
investigators traced the plot to an
anarchist chef, Jean Crones. Crones
was never apprehended.
Headed Eucharistic Congress.
Under Cardinal Mundelein's ten
ure, the first Eucharistic Congress
of the Catholic Church ever brought
to the United States was held In
Chicago in 1926. More than a mil
lion of the faithful from every
nation in the world participated
in the services.
Outstanding members Of the
hierarchy came here in 1884 to at
tend ceremonies conducted in cele-
bration of Cardinal Mundelein's
25th Episcopal anniversary.
The cardinal was recognized uni
versally as a great builder. During
his administration scores OF new
churches, schools, orphanages and
hospitals were constructed in the
archdiocese.
Probably the most impressive OF
all monuments he left behind is the
huge St. Mary's of the Lake Theo-
logical Seminary in suburban Mum
delein. 1t was built at an esti-
mated cost of s13,OO0,OO0, yet the
cardinal once remarked, II would
rather save the life of a child than
build the greatest cathedral in the
world"
High church leaders from all parts
of the world were entertained here
during Cardinal Mundelein's regime,
among them Eugenio Cardinal Pa
celli, now Pope Plus XII. Pacelli was
then papal secretary of state.
Rarely Spoke Publicly.
Cardinal Mundelein seldom spoke
publicly, yet never hesitated to state
his convictions frankly. In 1898,
he declared in statement read
over a Nationwide radio network
that Father Charles E. Coughlin
has the right to express his per-
sonal views on current events, but
he is not authorized to speak for
the Catholic Church, nor does he
represent the doctrine or sentiments
of the church"
He made many pilgrimages to
Rome. He read a mass there in
1898 celebrating the beatification of
Mother Cabrini, Chicago num- who
has been nominated for sainthood
for her work in establishing hos
pitals in America.
Entertained by President.
In october of last year President
Roosevelt devoted almost a whole
day to the entertainment of Cardi-
nal Mundelein when the churchman
stopped off in Washington en- route
to Rome, Italy, to report to the late
Pope Plus on the New Orleans Eu-
charistic Congress.
The United States Government
acting on instructions from the
President, paid extraordinary hon.
ors to the cardinal upon his arrival
at Naples last November S. The
visiting dignitary was met by United
States Ambassador William Phillips
and he was the guest until he
reached Rome of the Ambassador
and Rear Admiral Henry E. Lackey,
commander of the United States
Fleet in the Mediterranean.
1t was the first time such honors
had been extended to an American
cardinal on a visit to the Vatican
In Rome the cardinal attributed his
reception to "predilection" which
he said President Roosevelt had for
him. He declared he had no diplo-
matte mission, and added:
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