House Subcommittee Reports on Protestants in Spain
A subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs discusses Protestant presence in Spain under Franco. It notes roughly 200 Protestant churches, church liberties limited to private practice, and no ghettoized Jewish or Protestant communities. The report calls for easing remaining religious restrictions and clarifies Church Vatican relations.
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Washington
House Committee On
Protesy H Oe
Generalissimo Franco
Newamhire
Spain
Vatican
Church
Generalissimo
Generalisimo
Genmo Franco
Generalisimo Franco
NCWC
Red Catholicism in China Gains Undesired Following
In Taipei and the Chinese Nationalist university circle, Jesuit Father Moore and colleagues report Red propaganda has made the Catholic faith known to millions of Chinese. They note few Catholics now, but many sympathizers and students seek religion as oppression grows. A new library and reading room are planned to aid study and information.
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New York
Foacebo
China
Edward J. Murphy
San Francisco
Taipei
Pathe Morphy
Father Moore
Patrick R. Shayles
Frederick J. Foley
Father Wevnne
Chang Hall
Shanghai
Cisanet
Priest at 62 Fog General Noted for Kindness
Rev. Paul Theisen a former German army officer known as the Fog General in World War II was ordained at 62. Born in 1890 near Aachen, he rose to lieutenant general, saw wartime tragedy in his family, later retired in 1944, and was interned by Americans before becoming a hospital chaplain in Munchladbach Rhineland.
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Max Jorpann
Paul Theisen
Wehrmacht
Father Theisen
Muenchladbach
Rhineland
Aachen
Eral
Harz
Johannes Josef van der Velden
Alois Fassnauer
Father Fassnauer
NCWC
Easter Communion Held for 300 Inmates at Caxias Prison
Three hundred prisoners in Lisbon’s Caxias prison received Easter Communion in a grouped service led by the chaplain. He then administered Communion to sick inmates in the infirmary while the rest joined in hymns with lit candles.
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Lisbon
Caxias
Chaplains Decorated For Bravery in Battle
Army announces two chaplains awarded for heroism in Korea. Rev. Joseph Mollner received the Bronze Star with combat stars for aiding wounded under heavy shelling, ignoring orders to retreat. Capt. John Kinchla earned the Soldier's Medal for rescuing a soldier pinned under wreckage after a mine blast. Additional Catholic decorations included Maj. Richard Lavelle with a Bronze Star and Rev. Joseph Dunn with a Commendation Ribbon.
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Washington
Korea
Army Chaplainco
Joseph M. Mollner
8.J
Father Moliner
St. Louis
John E. Kinchla
Boston
Kinchla
U. S
Richard B. Lavelle
Joseph E. Dunn
U S Latin American Work Gets Results
In Mexico City the Jesuit periodical Latinoamerica credits North American Catholic missionaries with easing priest shortages and religious ignorance in Latin America. It notes U S funding dominates the economic report and asserts Protestants are not alone in shaping the continent's religious future.
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José Antonio Romero
S.J
Mexico City
Jesuit Fathers
Latin America
United States
Latinoamerica
Catholic Missionaries Transform Latin American Towns Quickly
A NCWE Wire report highlights Catholic missionaries expanding in Latin America from 1944 onward. Redemptorists in Manacapuru Brazil grew Mass attendance from about 20 to 350 with over 1 000 weekly communions while New York Franciscans baptized 8000 pagans in Goiaz. North American Catholic missionaries total 1851 working across Brazil River Plate Mexico Central America Andes Caribbean.
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Latin America
U.S
Manacapuru
Brazil
Goiaz
New York
River Plate
Mexico
Central America
NCWE
Great Bible of Mainz Gift to Congress Library
The Great Bible of Mainz, a 15th century illuminated vellum two volume work, was donated to the Library of Congress by Lessing J. Rosenwald. Experts estimate a private sale value over 100000 dollars. The manuscript, started in 1452 and finished 16 months later, will be displayed in Washington through November 30 before touring.
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Washington,d.c
Mainz
Library of Congress
Lessing Jaera
Philadelphia
Rosenwald
Cathedral of
St. Jerome
Speer
Gutenberg
Washington
Negro Catholic High School Move Praised in Savannah
The Savannah Tribune hails the Savannah-Atlanta diocese plan to build a Catholic high school for Negro students. It notes Catholic institutions nationwide admit Negroes and hopes the new school will offer courses comparable to those for White youth, praising the Catholic community’s welfare effort.
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Savannah
Savannah-Atlanta
Sellennah
Savannah Tribune
Sts
Tribune
Father Peyton to Open Rosary Drive in England
The Rev Patrick Peyton C S C will open the first of three joint diocesan Family Rosary Crusades in England on April 20 for the Northwest Dioceses of Hexham and Newcastle and Middlesbrough. Seven outdoor rallies are expected to draw about 250 000 people as Father Peyton travels at the invitation of Cardinal Griffin and eight other bishops.
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London
Patrick Peyton
C.S.C
England
Hexham
Newcastle
Middlebrough
Father Peyton
Cardinal Griffin
Lancaster
Shrewsbury
Nottingham
Copyist of Last Supper Buried Day of Exhibition
Swiss artist Jed Egli who painted a Leonardo da Vinci Last Supper copy for Don Bosco high school died March 28 in West Orange New Jersey at 78. His 13 by 7 foot reproduction was shown the day of his burial in a Newark department store with Easter display approved by Rev H Sarnowski SDB. Da Vinci born 1452.
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N. J
Jed Egli
Leonardo Davici
Don Bosco High School
Newark
H. Sarnowski
S.D.B
Egli
West Orange
da Vinci
Milan
Freudian Psychoanalysis Scored by a Roman Prelate
A Roman prelate, Monsignor Pericle Felici, states Freudian psychoanalysis risks sin for doctor and patient and should be practiced only by morally unimpeachable clinicians. He criticizes the Freudian school’s experimental methods and sublimation theory, warns of new neuroses, and says religious and moral values are reduced to instinct.
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Vatican City
Sigmund Freud
Monsignor
Pericle Felici
Sacred
Secaea Congregation
Felici
Monsignor Felici
Graves
Pron
Tod
Frew
Radio and
Wire
Women workers urged while avoiding married mothers
Mrs. Gerald B. Bennett, head of the National Council of Catholic Women, backs a Labor Department recruitment drive for women office workers but cautions against hiring married women with young children. She favors older women, minority workers, and part time positions, noting housing shortages limit entry to affected areas.
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Washington
Gerald B. Bennett
National Council of Catholic Women
U.S. Department of Labor
Beginning to Build $450,768 Campus Chapel
The new chapel on St Ambrose College campus in Davenport Iowa will begin at once. The total cost is 450 768 52 dollars exclusive of interior furnishings and the building will seat 250. President Ambrose J Burke announced the project as the first unit in a new master plan for the college.
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Davenport
St. Ambrose’s College
Ambrose J. Burke
Guide to Catholic Sisterhoods in the United States
A 292 page handbook by the Catholic University of America offers origins, history, work, vocations, requirements, garb, and contact addresses for women religious. Compiled by Brother Thomas P. McCarthy with a foreword by Archbishop Cicopnen. The guide aids nuns candidates pastors teachers and parents.
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Washington
United States
Catholic University of America
Thomas P. McCarthy
C.S.V
Amleto Giovanni Cicopnen
Montecassino Abbey Doors Honor Bombing Controversy
Bronze doors at Montecassino Abbey Italy depict the bombing and destruction history. Panels show a British steel helmet aircraft and a giant bomb honoring the Allied air raid of 1944. Italian sculptors credit the bombing order to Britain.
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London
Montecassino Abbey
Italy
Pietro Canonica
U S Native Named Prefect Apostolic by Holy See
Rev. George Breen C.S.C. aged 55 has been named Prefect Apostolic by Pope Pius XII for Harlong in India, within the Chittagong diocese. Born in Wareham Massachusetts, educated in St John New Brunswick, he joined Holy Cross 34 years ago and was ordained in 1924. he has served in foreign missions since 1926. His brother Rev Harold Breen, also a Holy Cross missionary, is stationed in Assam.
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Harold Breen
Holy Cross
Lin Ssam
We Want Women to Sew Our Baby Booties at Home
Wedding invitations and business notice offer home sewing work for women. Read invites mention locations in New Jersey Minnesota and Minnesota. It presents opportunities tied to baby booties and exclusive plan handling of goods.
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Wilson
St. Paul
North St. Paul
Shrine fundraising plea seeks donors for Immaculate Heart altar
A parish appeal asks for a $200 donation toward the High Altar of the Shrine to the Immaculate Heart. The message invites gifts and mentions a pamphlet titled Headlines Heaven while describing devotion to Fatima and Our Lady.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus
Our Lady of Fatima
S Immaculate Heart
Father Dunn Raises Aid for Lebanese Refugees
Our Father Dunn, now special assistant to Monsignor McMahon, gathers funds at Dbaye Lebanon for poor refugees. He asks for a $10 gift to feed, clothe, school, and shelter children, describing Dominica in Alb depositis and the early Christian rite of wearing white robes at baptism and first communion.
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Dunn
Monsignor McMahon
Palestine
Dbaye
Lebanon
Dominica
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