The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-13
CATHOLIC CARDINALS
FORMALLY ELECT "a
NEW CHURCH PRINCES

Communicated countries where
the Catholic church is under bitter
attack.
The latter are Archbishop Aloj-
zijc Stepinac, "conditionally" freed
from Jail in Yugoslavia a year ago,
and Archbishop Stefan WyszynsN
of Poland. Neither is in Rome for
the official notification that they
have been made princes OF the
church.
The secret consistory here was
the first of a series of ancient and
sacred rites in connection with the
elevation of the new cardinals.
They will eliminate Thursday in
a great and colorful public consis-
tory at St. Peters, at which the
Pontiff will confer on the new
church princes their galeros, or
red hats.
The Pope officially made known
his nominations in an address dur
ing which he recalled that seven
years had passed since the post
war consiStory of 1916. At that
time he named 80 cardinals-the
highest number elevated at one
time in the history of the church.
Since then, he said, the college
had suffered grave losses of emf
nent men.
The Pope said he was moved to
create new cardinals not only to
bring the college to its full COM
plement but also by a desire to
reward those who had "distin-
guished themselves in our eyes by
their active and prudent conduct
and notably contributed to the
Christian religion"
Immediately after the Pope an
nounced his nominations and the
college nodded assent, messengers
working in four teams sped to
bring the glad news to 16 of the
new cardinals waiting in various
Roman seminaries.
In addition to Stepinac and WyS-
zynski, six others are absent. Four
the apostolic nuncios to Italy,
Spain, Portugal and France-will
receive their notifications from the
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and
French heads of state. Two new
Spanish cardinals also will be no.
titled by GeneraliSsimo Francisco
Franco.
Cardinal Mcintyre received his
"biglietto' of notification at the
historic North American Pontifical
College, on Rome's Humility Street.
A large throng of friends and fell
low clergy applauded as he opened
the big white envelope and read
the message inside in silence.
Mcintyre then handed the bigli-
etto to Bishop Martin ]. O'Connor,
the rector of the North American
College, who read the message
aloud. The announcement said the
Pope had elevated the American
prelate.
The same ceremony was enacted
with the Is other cardinals in the
city.
Here at the Vatican, meanwhile,
the Pope was continuing his ad-
dress to the older cardinals.
Referring to the fact that the
new cardinals extend representa-
ton in the college to q nations
the broadest distribution in the
ehurch's nearly 1000 years of his
tory, the Pontiff said he had aimed
in his selection for just such an
extension.
The Pope referred briefly, with
sorrow, to the missing prelate of
Yug0Slavia. I'VE cannot do other
wise than extend our sorrowlng
affection towards our Venerable
Brother, the Archbishop OF Eagreb,
who in his present circumstances
has not been able TO travel freely
in order to reach this city and
approach the Common Father,
the Pope said.
Although absent, We embrace
him with fatherly love"
The Pope added;
I'VE strongly desire that every
or" should know thai when we