Nikita Roncalli - Hutton Gibson

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(3) Thirty years later will write Antonio Spinosa in “Pius XII, The Last Pope” (le Scie Mondadori, October 1992, p. 357, 358): “At the close of that same year 1954, the Pope appointed Montini archbishop of Milan. Had he wanted to distance himself from him? In August had died in the Lombard capital the Benedictine cardinal Schuster, head of the Ambrosian Archdiocese, and by the beginning of the following November the Pontiff had already replaced him with Montini. He broke the news to the main exponents of the Uomini di Azione Cattolica gathered before his residence at Castel Gandolfo. “You’ve never disappointed me, said he to those present, turning in particular to Gedda, Father Lombardi, and to the Association’s assistant monsignor Fiorenzo Angelini. “And I’m glad of it”. Then he added: “I must now give you some news: His excellency mons. Giovan Battista Montini is the new Archbishop of Milan.” Heartfelt and lengthy was the applause of those present, but the buzz had it that many failed to grasp the hidden significance of the appointment... Montini was not happy, rather, he appeared as though bewildered to a friend, Camaldolese father Anselmo Giabbani, who met him in those days. “His countenance,” witnessed the friar, “had changed. Even the tone of his voice was different, and his gestures less expressive.” It was spoken of a true exile inflicted upon the monsignor who had dared to “betray” - the term was very strong – Pacelli’s anti-Socialist, and anti-communist battle. Suor Pasqualina had seen the Pope weep, disappointed by Montini’s receptive approach. The monsignor had already drawn the attention of the pro-secretary of the Sant' Uffizio (Holy Office), cardinal Ottaviani, a front-liner, with Gedda, of those who accused Montini of plotting with Fanfani and of aspiring to a Christian Democrat party autonomous of the Vatican. It was also alleged that the monsignor had even been present at certain black masses. It was father Lombardi who broke the news to the Pope. ______________________________________________________
The Vatican of the new direction, attempted by whatever means, naturally, to get hold of that collection of documents. Now forced into a corner, cardinal Tisserant had to give up his prized archive, but not, however, prior to having his secretary, abbot Georges Roche, photocopy the whole lot. For years, after the death of Tisserant, the Vatican pursued in vain Roche and the niece of the deceased cardinal in order to acquire, at any price, that inconvenient double that was abroad. At length, cement-businessman Carlo Pesenti, who had managed to acquire from Roche for 450 million lire ($750,000) the precious archive, gave it to the Vatican, in the person of monsignor Benelli, in exchange for a facilitated loan of 50 billion Swiss Francs. In fact Pesenti was in need, at the time, for his banking group and for the acquisition of two banks at Munich and Monte Carlo, of foreign currency loans from the Istituto per le Opere di Religione (Monsignor Marcinkus, monsignor De Bonis, doctor Strobel). Pesenti’s interest was that of being able to use that Vatican institute both as a guarantor or co-guarantor of this credit, and to profit on the spread between the official exchange rate and the “black market” rate. So, the anti-Pacellian front, progressive and advocate of the “dialogue” and of the “openings,” was already a solid, disconcerting reality, some years prior to Pius XII’s death. The agitators of the new times despised Pius XII. They
Page 1 and 2: NIKITARONCALLI Counterlife of a Pop
Page 3 and 4: Author’s Note Once again to take
Page 5 and 6: actuality” continuously proposed.
Page 7 and 8: Communism, in an instant has disint
Page 9 and 10: Most of the media, which follow the
Page 11 and 12: The iron curtain has been torn to p
Page 13 and 14: who with those regimes have come to
Page 15 and 16: will was hiding behind the kindly a
Page 17 and 18: Twelve days before these statements
Page 19 and 20: and going of big black automobiles.
Page 21 and 22: the unforgettable Suor Pasqualina,
Page 23: those accusatory letters, written o
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Page 29 and 30: Pope was returning, dead, to Rome a
Page 31 and 32: The Pope seemed thus to have died s
Page 33 and 34: etween power groups, which intertwi
Page 35 and 36: that military Body which for centur
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Page 39 and 40: Count Stanislao Medolago-Albani, in
Page 41 and 42: Thus the youngster Roncalli could n
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Page 45 and 46: violence. It must not be forgotten
Page 47 and 48: fulfill his revolutionary program w
Page 49 and 50: precise idea of Buonaiuti, and of t
Page 51 and 52: high stillness of the deserted arch
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Page 57 and 58: occupation by D'Annunzio and his Le
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Page 61 and 62: guards. No one, however, this time
Page 63 and 64: win over. The contacts with the Chr
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Page 67 and 68: CHAPTER IV In the book “Le profez
Page 69 and 70: the wishes of our masters.” (From
Page 71 and 72: territory, pretending fortuity, he
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first with his clergy-man and the s
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The following day, Count Sella tran
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atheist progressivism, was in those
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This document, a double- edged weap
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available to the local communist ch
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In that Venetian stretch the priest
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distinguished himself for any merit
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CHAPTER VI The anecdotic of John XX
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XII’s pontificate had remained va
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open terraces, which however has ma
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tapestry, which led to the Pope’s
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could well smell the turn of the ti
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apartment, in silence, walking past
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And suddenly, in the new Vatican, a
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Would the Pope be signaling that he
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portraits and pictures of all his p
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Toward the second half of the five-
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He goes as far as to authorize lawy
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and dignity of prince of the Church
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their smiles and affability, limiti
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privileges had gone to the dickens,
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The strictest “omertà” (conspi
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Along with such negative phenomenon
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Many, in the Vatican and outside, w
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Lombard labor movement was experien
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contacts with politicians, activist
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CHAPTER X It is amazing, when one b
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Garten, with an Hungarian “priest
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Question: “How do you Priests of
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it was a dangerous stop for the PCI
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faithful, accepting it all, remain
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of the peoples, which it considers
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Vatican he is accompanied hastily a
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the Church of Silence and condemns
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calls for, has been kept in the dar
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the growing encouragement coming to
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others, and also by the public opin
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principles” which are, strangely
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for sacrifice. We could also say: i
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present, many obstacles that could
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we have always known them, “Hoc e
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ago already, between Catholics and
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Church. In its Scheme on “Religio
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the name of Tradition, the “Laws
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Pope. That is, he decides who is to
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I know personally that many bishops
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men of the Church and the men of th
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The doubts on the necessity of the
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CHAPTER XII The quiet and severe ti
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assembly struggles, when the system
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CHAPTER XIII I believe it essential
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Dalla Torre’s and vice-director F
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commanded deference of the “palli
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late afternoon, after business hour
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Indeed, the anti-progressive “res
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Roncalli in an Aula delle Benedizio
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Italian programs of the opening to
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With its open Roman accent - his fa
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CHAPTER XIV Toward the close of Joh
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situation and avert the advent to p
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torch the very door of Aosta’s Ep
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tomorrow. While I cannot help smili
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“L'Osservatore Romano.” “Do y
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at Paris’ Orly airport. That nigh
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of “firecrackers” and fireworks
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minutes, and I knew he had opened t
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“La Stampa,” titling “Acts of
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with understanding sensitivity to r
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wherein he lingered with Cardinals
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enough to create in the Council tha
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Vatican weekly “L'Osservatore del
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Catholics in favor of the Jews;”
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Marxism in Italy, the gradual loss
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saw the communists gain one million
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Italy, and to the leftist forces of
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“vague” democracies cheering up
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caused the Soviet vessels en route
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exploited toward anti-Soviet propag
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attempt to put the bit, as on a hor
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The encyclical letter that will kno
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places itself… on the ground of t
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evolutionary determination, are fal
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death, with the words, “I’m dyi
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