Vatican: The creation of 32 new cardinals. Ceremony held at the Cathedral of San Pedro. The imposing public consistory in which his holiness, Pope Pius XII, brings 32 new members to the sacred college. In the splendor of the ceremony the assistants applaud and cheer the holy father. Under the dome of Michelangelo is carried out the great ceremony never equaled in its pomp and splendor in the annals of the secular basilica. The holy father occupies the throne. At the solemn moment, the elected cardinals initiate the first act of the consistory before his holiness, the bishop of Rome. The symbolic rite of obedience to the temporal power of the Supreme Pontiff, the most reverend Francis Spellman, archbishop of New York kisses on his knees the foot of the holy father and the fisherman's ring, traditional symbol of popular devotion to the Roman church. Four American and one Canadian prelates are among the new princes of the church. Archbishop James McGuigan of Toronto abides by the authority of San Pedro's successor. And now the highlight, the delivery of the mortarboard, Archbishop John Glennon is about to receive the symbol of elevation to the sacred school. The mortarboard rests on his head only a few moments, from this moment the archbishop becomes his eminence, Cardinal Glennon. Archbishop Spellman ascends the throne for the second time to receive from his former master the rank of cardinal. The ordination rites are splendid and solemn and at the end of the ceremony, his holiness the Pope gives the apostles the apostolic blessing. The procession begins among the crowd of faithful for the huge nave of San Pedro. His sanctity blesses the participants who fill the basilica and spend more than 30 thousand, it is the largest audience in the history of the largest temple in the world. The most solemn moment of the consistory before the altar of St. Peter, Cardinal Samuel Stritch of Chicago and Cardinal Edward Mooney of Detroit are preparing for the impressive final act. Before the tomb of the apostle Peter the new principles of the church prostrate themselves as a sign of their mission. Now the impressive ceremony is over and the new cardinals embrace their brothers, the former members of the sacred college. And so ends the first consistory since 1940, augury of a greater era of spiritual splendor for all of Christendom.
Date: 2/18/1946
Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds
Film code: D-01945
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