Red Stars Crown Kremlin as Votive Lamps Tribute
Washington N J Special recounts how Moscow's Kremlin towers with red stars serve as votive lamps for an Our Lady of Fatima statue. Rev Louis Brassard describes solemn homage in a letter to the Bishop of Leiria. A sequel notes Kenny Baker, seven, in Crookston Minnesota, to be baptized Catholic.
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Washington
N. J
Kremlin
Moscow
Louis Brassard
Red Capital
Leiria
Portugal
Ibe
Emlin
Rome
Scow
Fatima
Our of Fatima
R. Haffert
Father
Siett
Ther Brassard
Helsinki
Rye
Our Lady
Assard
J. M. Haffert
Soulgazine
The
Blues
Father Brasid
Ima
Voice of
Tima
Stuguese Shrine
Northland
Crookston
Minn
Kenny Baker
St. Joseph’s Academy
Attacks on Church Schools Hit National Education Meeting
At a national administrators’ convention in Boston, speakers denounced church and other nonpublic schools as threats to democracy, arguing private schooling fragments society and endangers unity. Leaders urged funding limits and defended public education while acknowledging rights of religious groups to run their schools.
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Boston
American Association of School Administrators
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Edgar Fuller
National Council of Chief School Officers
Worth McClure
School Administrators’ Association
Robert R. Sears
Laboratory of Human Development
Harvard Graduate School of Education
National Catholic Educational Association
Washington
Kansas City
NCEA
Conant
United States
Sears
NCWC
Paul H. Hallett
U. S
Truman Nominates McGranery for Attorney General
James Patrick McGranery, a federal judge since 1946 and former congressman, was nominated by President Truman for Attorney General. His wife Regina Clark McGranery, an attorney and former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, is active with Girl Scouts and local charities. Senate hearings are set for May 5, and McGranery has long participated in Malvern weekend retreats.
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Philadelphia
James Patrick McGranery
Truman
United States
Regina Clark
University Ofennsylvania Law School
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
McGranery
House of Representatives
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dici
St. Joseph’s In the Hills
Malvern
NCWC
MacArthur rejects birth control policy in Japan
Father Patrick O Connor reports that General MacArthur publicly repudiated U.S. birth control advocates and any push for a Japanese national contraception policy. He reprimanded the Natural Resources Section over a 1949 survey, withdrew the book, and ordered officers to avoid involvement with birth control efforts.
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London
MacArthur
U.S
Patrick O’connor
S.S.C
Asia
Tablet
Father O’connor
Natural Resources Section
Japan
Avers. Long
Columban
United States
NCWC
Far East
Abbot Sadlier On Alleged Mary Visions Across Years
Abbot Francis Sadlier of J. Leo's abbey notes church authorities investigated about 300 Marian apparitions since 1931. Most inquiries yielded no favoring verdict or no decision, with a few approved or not unfavorably reported, and some miracles cited as sun apparitions.
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Abbot Sadlier
Mary
St. Leo
Fla
Ia Riouse
Vira
Mentierung
Eekly
Francis Sadlier
O.S.B
J. Leo’s Abbey
Fatima
Sadlier
Dsng
Loyola
Spain
Beauraing
Bellum
Banneux
Belgium
Osnabrueck
Germany
Bergamo
Italy
Rome
Caderosa
Pfaffenhofen
Bavaria
Namur
Espis
France
Forstweiler
Urucaina
Brazil
Assisi
Ascoli
Lipa
Philippines
Austria
Romania
Pirmasen
Lublin
Poland
Hungary
Heroldsbach
Holy Office
Sicily
Necedah
Wis
NCWC
Good Friday Stigmatic Draws Thousands Despite Local Request
Rev Dr Max Jordan notes about 300 visitors attended the stigmatic on Good Friday following Therese Neumann’s request not to visit. More than 1000 international visitors, including many Americans, arrived the previous Friday. The stigmatic again relived the Passion with wounds bleeding from eyes, shoulder, hands, and arms, except 1951. The Easter crowd had diminished and the village remained orderly.
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Max Jordan Tekan
Germany
Therese Neumann
NCWC
Durant on medieval Catholic charity
Will Durant argues in The Age of Faith that medieval Catholic charity reached new heights with administration by individuals, guilds, governments, and the Church. He notes rich patrons funding nuns and hospitals while doles of food were offered at city gates thrice weekly.
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Will’ Durant
Will Durant
Ancl
Roger Bacon
Too Much Luxury Warned By Archbishop Mannix
Archbishop Daniel Mannix urged Melburnians to curb spending on luxury as he warned that people are spending far too much on all kinds of luxuries.
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Melbourne
Australia
Daniel Mannix
Little Flower's Living Sister Turns 83 in Lisieux
In Lisieux France Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face the last surviving sister of Saint Therese of Lisieux marks her 83rd birthday on April 28. Gifted in painting she helped spread devotion to the Little Flower and remained devoted to her family and religious life.
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Little Flower
Marjorie McCase
West
Lisieux
France
Genevieve
The
Holy Face
St. Therese
St. Herese
Celine
Therese
Ceiline
Carmel of
Ncwc Radio and Wire
Jews Showing New Interest In Our Divine Savior
Special report from New York describes a revival among Jewish communities with growing interest in Jesus and increasing conversions to the Church. The piece likens the pace to early apostolic times and notes rising Christian influence in Jewish life.
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New York
Jesus
Riches of Christ's Mercy and Jewish Converts
Mary Ruth Bede discusses Wall Are Crumbling and the conversion stories of Jewish thinkers to Christianity. She cites Dr Karl Stern Adolf Reinach Raissa Maritain and Sister Teresia Benedicta as figures illustrating grace and the universality of Christ.
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Mary Ruth Bede
New York
Christ
John M. Oe Oesterreicher
Devin Adair
Father Oesterreicher
Miss Bede
Karl Stern
Raphael Simon
Israel
John Friedman
Elias
Father Oesterrechers
Edmund Husserl
Adolf Reinach
Jésus
God
Maxter
Paul Landsberg
Max d
Cran
Carmel
Iomin
Teresia Benedicta the Cross
Gestapo
Anglicans Meet at Vatican for Biblical Studies Congress
Anglicans attended the 28th meeting of the English Society for Old Testament Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Vatican City. Pope Pius XII urged devoted scholars to reveal the Sacred Scriptures and promote peace among nations through study.
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Vatican
Vatican City
English Society For Old Testament Ey
Pontifical Biblical Iestitute
Pius XII
Ion
John Mackintosh Tilney Barton
Pontiff Commission For Biblical Studies
Vinton Davies Thomas
Cambridge University
Kahle
Oxford University
Lindblom
Coppens
Delanghe
Louvain
Athanasius Miller
O.S.B
Pontifical Commission For Biblical Studies
Ernest Vogt
Pontifical Biblical Institute
Archaeolog
Peter
Basilica
NCWC
INS
Catholic Mexican Gets Congress Honor Medal
Rodolfo P. Hernandez of Fowler California a Catholic paratrooper of Mexican descent received the Congressional Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony. He charged up a hill under heavy fire killing six enemy soldiers before succumbing to wounds from grenade and machine gun fire.
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Congress
Washington
White House
Ena
Trio
Mission Church Corp
Rodolfo P. Hernandez
Fowler
Calif
St. Lucy’s Mission
Hernandez
Bishop Sheen TV Reach Tops Two Million Viewers
A Trendex survey shows Bishop Fulton J. Sheen's Life Is Worth Living attracting about 2.5 million viewers in 941,000 homes across eight cities from New York to Chicago. The program airs in 23 cities and reaches 61.5 percent of TV sets during airtime. Time magazine lauded Sheen as the newest U. S. television star.
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New York
Lumbus
Philadelphia
Washington
Tuess Eo
Eime Magazine
Bishop Sheen
U. S
Jesuit mission shifts Ghent suburb toward faith and work
In Ghent Belgium two Jesuit priests Dewit and De Borman moved into a worker suburb once dominated by Socialists. They faced initial refusals before Masses drew 300 plus worshippers. A St Maria Goretti chapel opened amid Rosaries and lunch hour prayers as workers join in. The priests live among the poor and aid daily needs to guide them toward faith.
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Anthony Coppens
S.J
Ghent
Belgium
Dewit
de Borman
St. Maria Goretti
Maria Goretti
Father de
Ncwc Radio and Wire
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