Pope John springs another surprise at Consistory

WHO ARE THE UN-NAMED CARDINALS?
PrHREE un-named Cardinals were missing from -aSt. Peter's Basilica yesterday (Thursday) when His Holiness Pope John XXIII in the final and most colourful consistory of the present series placed the red hats on eight new princes of the Church.
As the first African, Japanese and Filipino Cardinals together with three from Italy, one from France and one from Holland prostrated themselves before the Holy Father in the presence of 37 "old" cardinals, our own Cardinal Godfrey among them, they knew that there were three others who had been designated but who, for the time being would remain known only to the Pope.
TOTAL: 88
The surprise announcement by the Pope came at Monday's Secret Consistory when the "old" cardinals were officially told of the appointment of seven more members of the Sacred College: Cardinal Rugambwa of Rutabo, Tanganyika; Cardinal Doi of Tokyo; Cardinal Santos of Manila, in the Philippines; Cardinal Alfrink of Utrecht, Holland; Cardinal Lefebvre of Bourges. France; and the two Italians. Cardinal Bacci. Secretary of Briefs to Princes, and Cardinal Traglia, Vicegerent of Rome.
After naming these. the Pope said that the names of three more would be kept in pectore (secret) but who, nevertheless, would raise the total number to 88.
This keeping of names in pectore is an ancient papal custom. The last known case was in 1933 when Pope Pius XI named Cardinal Salotti and Cardinal Tedeschini in this manner. The earliest recorded instance goes back to the reign of Pope Martin V (1417-1431). In England, we have the case of Cardinal Lingard.
There is much speculation as to the names: that of the imprisoned Archbishop Beran, hero of Prague, tops most lists. The Archbishop, arrested nine years ago, is unable to carry out his episcopal duties and is held in an unknown place by the Communists of Czechoslovakia.
Other speculative guesses inchide a successor for the late Car dinal Stepinac, Archbishop of Zagreb; a second Cardinal for Poland, or even a second for China in the person of imprisoned Bishop Kung of Shanghai. Other possibilities are the addition of curial Cardinals, maybe one to follow ailing Cardinal Tardini as Papal Secretary of State.
Their seniority will date from this week, but for all other purposes their appointments will date from the day their names are made public.
Speaking in Latin at Wednesday's consistory the Pope referred to the "widening of Our horizons, so as to enrich the Sacred College with outstanding and deserving prelates who belong to those great portions of the flock of Christ that gaze in far off regions but flourish with life and promise.
"We shall therefore have one Cardinal from Japan, one from the Philippines, and a third from Tanganyika in East Africa: all of
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WHO ARE THE UN-NAMED CARDINALS?
Continued from page I them created to the glory of the Lord. which sanctifies the peoples without discrimination of tongue. of origin and of colour. bringing to all of them the same good news: 'going forth into the world. preach the Gospel to all creatures; teach ye all peoples' After the consistory. messengers carried the biglietto—or intimation of appointment to each waiting cardinal, On Wednesday afternoon the Cardinals gathered in the Hall of Benedictions to receive their red birettas from the Holy Father. Cardinal Marella. who received his biretta from President dc Gaulle, joined the other seven Cardinals for yesterday's consistory in order to receive the broad-brimmed red hat.