Killing Church Work In No East Of Curzon Line
The report details suppression of church activities in Wilno and eastern Poland after territorial shifts. It notes Archbishop Wilno Jalbrzykowski’s forced removal, the archdiocesan curia liquidation, and the expulsion of priests and faithful to Russia.
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Wilno
Lithuania
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Archdiocesan Curia
Russia
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Catholic social action and totalitarianism debate
An unofficial Episcopal publication critiques anti Christian ideas and discusses democracy versus totalitarianism with references to Hitler and Stalin. Pope Pius XII voices support for Catholic social work and a new postwar order grounded in Christian principles and human dignity.
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Guy Emery
New York City
Asia
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Hitler
Pope Pius XII
Holy Father
Charles Flory
France
Pius
Flory
Mar
Radio Ad
Potsdam not likely to bring permanent peace
Potsdam conference results receive cautious appraisal from lay and religious leaders. They call it a mark time agreement with contested concessions on Poland and potential Russian westward encroachment. The article notes unresolved territorial plans and warns of long unrest if Western and religious leaders do not aid exposed nations.
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New York
Russia
Poland
Germany
Holy Ather
U. S
William Philip Simms
Scripps- Howard Foreign Authority
Prese
Curzon Line
Lwow
Nun Nurses Honored for War Service in China and India
Two Sisters of the Convent Station group Sisters Thelma and Mary Far were among 80 000 decorations awarded over six years for nursing Chinese soldiers in Hunan province and other front line care. Thelma received a Swedish decoration as Mary taught at Yuannée school. The Grippaleles carried 274 foreign missionaries and 20 000 Chinese students during 14 wartime years.
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Thelma
East Orange
N. J
Mary Far
Thelma - Hig
Angling
Hunan
India
Mary
Yuanee
Claire Chennault
Gripaheles Eare
Differtae
New Feast on August 22 Drawing by Lily Tanaka
An OCR fragment notes a drawing by Lily Tanaka adapting Baldovinetti's painting with landscape context. It references Baldovinetti’s lifespan, a Fatima apparition in 1917, and a proposed feast honoring the Immaculate Heart of Mary with prior observances in some dioceses. The text trails off without concluding details.
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Lily Tanaka
Aledsig
Baldovinetti
Sacred Congregation of Rites
Pius XII
Peru
NCWC
Cologne Archbishop Issues Postwar Pastoral Amid Nazi Reckoning
Archbishop Joseph Frings of Cologne delivers a postwar pastoral condemning Nazism and the master race myth. He recalls Christmas 1943 and Easter 1944 sermons opposing persecution, notes Nazi abuses against minorities and faith groups, and urges Germans to return to Christian humility and moral responsibility.
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Poer
Rhine
Frings
Paulists to Honor St Botolph in Boston Headquarters Plan
Paulist Fathers announce plans to build the New England headquarters in Boston Massachusetts. The complex will include a chapel an auditorium and closets for priests and will be dedicated to St Botolph the 7th century Irish abbot who founded England. The project ties Boston’s name to the saint and features the archdiocese coat of arms.
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New England
Boston
Mass
St. Botold
England
Macon
Becton
Archdiocese
Archdiocese of
Pilgrims Flood St Anne Shrine on Feast Day
Thousands attended the St Anne de Beaupre pilgrimage as Cardinal Villeneuve and Archbishop Beckman led Masses and a torchlight Way of the Cross. Reports noted cures including a paralyzed three year old and a Quebec City youth recovering from inflammatory rheumatism after praying at St Anne and Cap de la Madeleine shrines.
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Cardinal Villeneuve
Quebec
Norbert Robichaud
Moncton
Sioe
Francis Beckman
Dubuque
Archbishop Beckman
C. W. Gille
la Crosse
Wisc
Joseph Murray
le Catholique
Quebec City
A. Simard
St. Anne’s
Oury
Rosary Shrine
Cap de la Madeleine
NCWC
Anagram Revealed by Scholar in Dublin Paper
Miss Marie M Ready, in the Congressional library files, finds an 1841 Sanders News Letter item. The noted line Quid est veritas is rearranged to Est vir qui adest meaning It is the Man thee, linking Pilate's question to a transposed letter puzzle.
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Washington
Congressional Library
Marie M. Ready
Sanders News Letter
Daily Advertiser
Dublin
Eire
Pilate
Christ
Red General Author Inside Story of Purge by 1,000,000 Murders
New York special report reviews a wartime era book detailing Russia 1936 to 1939 purges. The work, praised as history and record, covers Red Army mechanics and Soviet actions, with Time noting its potential impact on author Barmine amid NKVD scrutiny.
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New York
Russia
Red Army
Athens
Barmine
NKVD
Rites for Rev. Lynch Draw 4000 plus in Okinawa
More than four thousand service members and about fifty Catholic chaplains filled an Okinawa grave service for Rev. Lawrence E. Lynch an army chaplain of Harrisburg Pa killed while aiding three wounded soldiers. Archdiocesan and CSsR chaplains delivered Masses as jeeps lined the main route. Lynch nicknamed the Holy Hurricane rushed to help three wounded in a foxhole before being killed by shell fire.
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Okinawa
Lawrence E. Lynch
Army Ain
Harrisburg
Father Ae
Pacific
Father Lynch
NCWC
Russia Acquits U. S. Priest in Moscow Frame-Up Case
The Rev. Leopold Braun, an American priest and former chaplain in Moscow, has been acquitted on a charge of striking a Russian workman after the Moscow municipal court of appeal overturned a July 2 verdict. Braun called the case a frame-up arising from a 1944 incident at the French embassy.
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Crescent Armanet
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Nikolai Knyazev
Knyazev
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Fei
Bertewan Afrs
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Eugene Neveu
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Catholics Gain Seats in British Commons and Lords
British Information Services notes eight Catholics among new Commons MPs including eight from the Labor side and one Independent Labor, with six Catholic Conservatives. Highlights include Stoker Edwards the first naval sailor in Parliament and figures from Liverpool and Rochdale among Labor members. the piece discusses religious representation across parties and implications for policy.
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New York
House of Commons
Britain
British Information Services
M.P
Labor Party
E. L
Patrick Hannon
Mosely
Birmingham
William Teeling
Burns, Oates & Washbourne, Ltd
Stoker
W. J. Edwards
R.N
Admiralty
East End
Whitechapel
Rny
Nowerman
D. G. Labora
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Liverpool
Knights of St. Coban
Knights
Ofee
Catholic Labor
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Rochdale
Brilliant Westian
The
Peoria Diocesan Drive Passes $2 250 000 Mark
The Peoria Diocesan Drive surpassed the $2 250 000 milestone as of July 31, reflecting broad community generosity. The campaign exceeded prior expectations with substantial donor participation across multiple parishes and groups.
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Peoria
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