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Ottaviani in 1966 Appointed 9 February 1966 Term   ended 8 January 1968 Predecessor Giuseppe Pizzardo Successor Franjo Šeper Other   post Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Domnica Previous   posts Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1953–1967) Pro-Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office (1953–1959) Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office (1959–1966) Titular Archbishop of Berrhoea (1962) Monsignor Joseph Clifford Fenton was the editor of the American Ecclesiastical Review, served as a peritus for Cardinal Ottaviani at the Second Vatican Council and secretary of the Catholic Theological Society of America. Monsignor Fenton is quoted from his diaries by author David A. Wemhoff in his book, "John Courtney Murray, Time/Life and the American Proposition: How the CIA's Doctrinal Warfare Program Changed the Catholic Church" saying that Pope Pius XII and Pope Pius XI apparently held  some questionable "opinions as a personal theologian[s]": ...

Ottaviani in 1966 Appointed 9 February 1966 Term   ended 8 January 1968 Predecessor Giuseppe Pizzardo Successor Franjo Šeper Other   post Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Domnica Previous   posts Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1953–1967) Pro-Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office (1953–1959) Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office (1959–1966) Titular Archbishop of Berrhoea (1962) Monsignor Joseph Clifford Fenton was the editor of the American Ecclesiastical Review, served as a peritus for Cardinal Ottaviani at the Second Vatican Council and secretary of the Catholic Theological Society of America. Monsignor Fenton is quoted by journalist Aldo Maria Valli saying that the last strong and non-progressive pope was Pope Pius X: "We must face the facts. Since the death of Pope St. Pius X, the Church has been governed by weak and progressive popes who have flooded the hierarchy with useless and stupid people. The current composition of the Council...