What an extraordinary variety of races they represented—what a testament to the breadth of the Universal Church that men born so different should be bound together by their faith in God! From the Eastern ministries, Maronite and Coptic, came the Patriarchs of Lebanon, Antioch and Alexandria; from India, the major Archbishops of Trivandrum and Ernakulam-Angamaly, and also the Archbishop of Ranchi, Saverio Xalxo, whose name Lomeli took pleasure in pronouncing correctly: “Cardinal Khal-koh, welcome to the Conclave…”
