Romanism! XI
October 22, 2007 by ken88
Romanism! XI: Probably the last Romanism! Post 
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Death of Benedict XV
Celebration of Concordat between Vatican & Italy
Archbishop Aloysius Wycislo
Archbishop of Westminster HG Williams
Monsignor Ferroni at Vat II
2 shown above are of the Funeral of Cardinal Muench (1962)
Those funeral pictures are breathtaking! So many candles, too!
Thanks for your efforts finding and presenting for our delights all these photos, very precious.
Thank you Jay
There was no Archbishop of Westminister by that name. Notice the moiré cassock and cappa. This is only worn by cardinals and papal legates so it is likely the future-cardinal archbishop fo Westminister, Archbishop Godfrey, who was then apostolic delegate to Great Britain.
Thanks Castor.
Godfrey was a Cardinal eventually - certainly by the tme of the Council.
Yes, Godfrey became a cardinal after succeeding Griffin as AB of Westminster, but was not a cardinal at the time that photo was taken. Cardinals had gold tassels even in cardinatial mourning colours and no pom-pom on the biretta. Cardinals had two birettas, silk and wool, but the silk birettas were always moire and not ordinary silk as in the photo. The gold tassels were abolished circa 1967 and tassels altogether in 69.