Complete Clue List
Across
1. Cold War competition; Saint John XXIII (Oct. 11) saw this in his lifetime (4,4)
5. Main men in monasteries (6)
9. As compensation (2,6)
11. Preparatory phase (4-2)
12. Atomic weapons figuring in 1A (slangy abbr., 5)
13. Army cleric; during WWI, St. John XXIII served as a ____ for wounded soldiers (8)
15. Town and comune of Italy; birthplace of St. Francis (Oct. 4), patron of animals (6)
16. Not of the cloth (3)
18. Regime; Karol Wojtyla (14D) studied in secret, as Poland was ruled by Germany's Nazi ____ (10)
21. Bit of hope (3)
23. The Almighty (3)
24. Contrite (10)
25. Established (3)
28. Pope John XXIII is known for calling the ____ Vatican Council in 1962 (ordinal no., 6)
30. Holiness (8)
31. Considerable; "See everything, overlook a ____ deal, correct a little." (St. John XXIII) (5)
32. Shipboard kitchen (6)
33. Chewy candy (US spelling, 8)
34. Selfless sorts (6)
35. Equivalent, parallel (UK Spelling, 8)
Down
1. Easy as pie (1,5)
2. Like some serious sins (6)
3. TARTLY roughly sounds like a lemon's engine (anag., 6)
4. Flesh-eating animals (10)
6. Benediction; on 15A's feast day, churches may hold a "____ of the pets" (8)
7. Admitted to the clergy; Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko (Oct. 19) was ____ a priest in 1972 (8)
8. HOSTS SIP, accommodating ancient Greek teachers (anag., 8)
10. Sister; Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Oct. 1) joined the Carmelite order aged 15 (3)
11. Meadow (3)
14. Pontifical; adjective describing Karol Wojtyla, St John Paul II (Oct. 22) (5)
17. Contemplation; St. Teresa of Avila (Oct. 15) taught the benefits of ____ and prayer (10)
19. Sacred choral work (5)
20. Bible readings (8)
21. St. John XXIII was born Angelo Guiseppe ____ (1881) in northern Italy (8)
22. Lowest age; Karol Wojtyla was Poland's ____ bishop, aged 38 (8)
25. St. Théodore Guérin (Oct. 3), Sister of Providence, opened a ____ for girls in Indiana in 1841 (6)
26. Arduous (6)
27. Ancient Greek city; Simon of ____ compelled to help carry the cross during Jesus' crucifixion (6)
29. Arid (3)
30. Spanish seasoning (3)