Show - 4" Af- Y :" a t - 11 )' " ' ' 1: ' I ' ti - '''' iiikIN WO 5 l - '''''' IT ) I8 1 j 1 ' 4 A 14 - N 0 - - i I I - ft if i ' IAL11i--- '' A 4 41 1 04 i 'A l' V: Everywhere the Pope goes: Bishop Paul Marcinkus in plane with his charge en route to the d United States in 1965 The "gentle" comes from Chicago lo Bello bishop-bodyguar- of being injured by the exuberance of The only thousands of time I was able to relax and not worry was in New York where the police were magnificent Then again I must remember that Americans showed their respect and awe by not wanting to place a hand on him Contrast this with the unruly thousands who tried to touch him in Colombia and in the Middle East where I believe the Pope could have been crushed to death by mobs" pressing in on him As the papal watchdog Marcinkus-- who weighs in at better than 200 pounds and who stands six feet three inches—has shielded Pope Paul during his trips to India the Middle East the United States Portugal Turkey and Colombia and also on visits into Rome Marcinkus came by his unusual job during one such trip to a basilica in downtown Rome While the helpless Pope was being jostled by a massive push of humanity the Marcinkus took charge of what appeared to be a dangerous situation Wielding his elbow like pistns he took upon himself to cut open a path for Hi Holiness So much did he impress everyone with his Herculean might that it wasn't long before Pope Paul appointed the oversized Chicagoan to serve as his personal bodyguard something no Pope had ever had before "Each time the Pope goes on a mission outside the Vatican" Bishop Marcinkus explains "he runs the risk ri ' AO" EOM : ' - Na 1g AN1 the President of the United States Iike has a squad of Secret Service to watch over him during public appearances Pope Paul VI also is screened when he goes outside Vatican City But unlike the President the Pontiff—ruler of some 550million Roman Catholics throughout the world—gets his protection from a one-ma- n squad known affectionately among the Vatican brass as "The Gorilla" The Pope's bodyguard is a old American citizen from Chicago Bishop Paul Marcinkus Though the pontifical shadow carries no firearms he has a fast set of elbows and an educated pair of fists—in short a good man not to tangle with Sporting shoulders like those of a water buffalo Bishop Marcinkus serves as a blocking-bac- k for Pope Paul whenever he goes on a trip that will place him among throngs of people The Pope's problem in public is not that he might be shot down by an assassin but that he might be crushed by admirers ''' 'r 4 tilfi by Nino ' S well-wishe- rs At Johnson Visit Until early this year when he was elevated to the rank of bishop Marcinkus worked in the office of the Vatican's secretariat of state He was responsible for making all the arrangements and s seeing to the countk-s- details attendant to papal trips He has also acted on occasion as the Pope's translator serving as interpreter on President Johnson's last visit to the Vatican Marcinkus a priest since 1946 is the son of immigrant parents who came to the United States from Lithuania He went to Rome in 1950 to study canon law at the Gregorian University run by the Jesuits After winning his Doctor of Divinity degree in 1953 he entered the Vatican's diplomatic school n and Balding genial is Marcinkus built gentle Bishop along the lines of a Notre Dame fullback He is an athlete who got his lumps in such sports as rugby basketball boxing and baseball It was he who built the first-evbaseball team behind the Vatican walls ("I was the catcher manager cleanup man and water boy") which despite a pontifical blessing didn't do so well against Yank military nines stationed in Italy "We needed pitchers" is Marcinkus' only alibi "That's why we lost by such scores as 23-- 0 and " As for protecting Pope Paul "The Gorilla" has never struck out The Pope has come back from each of his foreign trips unharmed—so Marcinkus is batting a cool 1000 quiet-spoke- er 42-1- - 4101 i ' tpmmmoommil ! ' - I (7('rN Ig - 0 0 ' w ii 14 ill 0 - It h 1t i ' i c )1 - k ) IT1 4' ' ‘alab" 1110)1k i 610 ‘ E) ' 1 t siebv 4 IP 16 q 4 o d 2 e) 71 - A t 4 4- '' ii air OP' edil:4 i ' I - ' - ditt— Umwar—bas- - IL d 40:4i II M7- - An N1 lb is India1964: Again the ubiquitous bishop (in white robe at the Pope's right) around and strength there ready if needed to throw his considerable weight Bishop Marcinkus (standing between the Pope and uniformed policeman) during visit last year to Colombia where "unruly thousands tried to touch" the Pontiff 35 MIEIIMMEm- m- |