Curial horror greeted John XXIII's announcement of ecumenical council

Curial horror greeted John XXIII's announcement of ecumenical council

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By Desmond Fisher

Wednesday, the Catholic church should have celebrated -- but didn't -- an important anniversary, the day 53 years ago when Pope John XXIII invited 18 Curia cardinals to accompany him to a ceremony at St. Paul Outside the Walls. It was the feast day of St. Paul, who is believed to have been executed in Rome about 67 A.D. and buried where the basilica named after him