Cardinal Cushing and Norwood Pastor Rt. Rev. Robert Sennott Have Audience with Pope Paul VI in Rome-September 17, 1965

ROME (UPI) — Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, and Rt. Rev. Robert Sennott, pastor of St. Catherine’s Roman Catholic Church in Norwood, Mass., were received in a private audience today by Pope Paul VI in the Vatican Papal Chambers.

Vatican Visit and Accompanying Delegation

The pontiff had notified Cardinal Cushing on Thursday that he would grant the audience today. Accompanying the prelate for the papal visit were Rev. Charles Von Euw of St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Rev. Robert Quinn of the Paulist Center in Boston, and Rt. Rev. Edward Murray, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Boston’s Roslindale section. Additionally, four Boston-area students currently attending the American North College in Rome were included in the delegation.

Following the audience, Cardinal Cushing attended sessions of the Ecumenical Council. Later in the day, he received carved marble busts of himself and the late President John F. Kennedy presented by two small churches located in the hill town of Varsi.

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