Editing Pope Paul VI (section)

===Cardinal===
[[File:Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Milano, 1962) - BEIC 6356260 (retouched).tif|thumb|left|Cardinal Montini at the opening of the new building of the [[Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà|RAS]], Milan, 1962; photo by [[Paolo Monti]]]]
On 20 June 1958, [[Saul Alinsky]] recalled meeting with Montini: "I had three wonderful meetings with Montini and I am sure that you have heard from him since." Alinsky also wrote to [[George Nauman Shuster]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ricognizioni.it/saul-alinsky-e-san-paolo-vi-genesi-della-resa-conciliare-al-mondo-seconda-parte-di-christopher-a-ferrara-traduzione-di-marco-manfredini/|title=Saul Alinsky e "San" Paolo VI: genesi della resa conciliare al mondo (seconda parte) – di Christopher A. Ferrara (traduzione di Marco Manfredini) – Ricognizioni|last=di 18:50|first=bbruno 25 Novembre 2018|date=22 November 2018 |language=it-IT|access-date=21 November 2019|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728082113/https://www.ricognizioni.it/saul-alinsky-e-san-paolo-vi-genesi-della-resa-conciliare-al-mondo-seconda-parte-di-christopher-a-ferrara-traduzione-di-marco-manfredini/|url-status=live}}</ref> two days before the papal conclave that elected John XXIII: "No, I don't know who the next Pope will be, but if it's to be Montini, the drinks will be on me for years to come."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_202868|title=The radical vision of Saul Alinsky|last=FINKS|first=P. David|website=Smithsonian Institution|pages=112–115|language=en|access-date=21 November 2019|archive-date=22 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522214357/https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_202868|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although some cardinals seem to have viewed Montini as a likely [[papabile]] candidate, possibly receiving some votes in the [[Papal conclave, 1958|1958 conclave]],<ref>{{cite book |first=Giancalro|last=Zizola|title=Borla|place=Rome|year=1977|page=157}}</ref> he had the handicap of not yet being a cardinal.{{Efn|In theory any male Catholic is eligible for election to the papacy. In fact, his photograph was published in ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine with the other potential candidates for the papacy in 1958. However, the cardinals in modern times almost always elect a fellow cardinal to the office.}} Angelo Roncalli was elected pope on 28 October 1958 and took the name John XXIII. On 17 November 1958, ''[[L'Osservatore Romano]]'' announced a consistory for the creation of new cardinals, with Montini at the top of the list.<ref>{{cite book|title=L'Osservatore Romano|date=17 November 1958|page=1}}</ref> When the Pope raised Montini to the cardinalate on 15 December 1958, he became [[Cardinal-Priest]] of [[San Martino ai Monti|Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti]]. The Pope appointed him simultaneously to several Vatican congregations, drawing him frequently to Rome in the coming years.{{Sfn|Lazzarini|1964|p=92}}

Cardinal Montini journeyed to Africa in 1962, visiting [[Ghana]], [[Sudan]], [[Kenya]], [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo]], [[Rhodesia]], South Africa, and Nigeria. After this journey, John XXIII called Montini to a private audience to report on his trip, speaking for several hours. In fifteen other trips, he visited [[Brazil]] (1960) and the USA (1960), including New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, the [[University of Notre Dame]] in Indiana, Boston, [[Philadelphia]], and [[Baltimore]]. He usually vacationed in [[Engelberg Abbey]], a secluded Benedictine monastery in Switzerland.{{Sfn|Lazzarini|1964|pp=90–92}}