Loss of Individual Dignity Warned by Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII warns that individual dignity is disappearing amid mass culture and advertising. He urges Christians to protect personal dignity, especially in family life, against a rising tide of propaganda. Cardinal Frings attends Cologne meetings as delegates from the United States and several European nations discuss cultural threats to Christian Europe.
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Pope
Washington
Pius XII
Cologne
Germany
Cathalin Warman
Cnn
U.S.A
Seamen Seek Holy See Privileges At Sea Apostolate Meet
Seamen seek special privileges from the Holy See to attend Mass and receive Communion as merchant ships move faster and spend less time in port. The seventh Apostleship of the Sea meeting in Cleveland September 10 to 12 will discuss Pope approval and related Catholic Maritime Action programs with Bishop Caillouet presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Holy See
Apostleship of the Sea
Cleveland
Thomas E cDon
Ss.r
Orleans
L. Abel Caillouet
Auxae
Rome
Holy Fact
Catholic Maritime Action Program
National Conference of Catholic Charities
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Incwc Wire
Kilgore Nun Receives City’s Good Neighbor Award
Sister Mary Agnes, principal of Christ the King School Kilgore Texas, was voted the top Good Neighbor in Kilgore in a contest run by the Kilgore newspaper. She belongs to the Sisters Auxiliaries of the Apostolate and teaches and does social work in Dallas and Wheeling dioceses.
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Mary Agnes
Christ the King School
Kilgore
Tex
Dallas
Wheeling
Archbishop O’Hara Confirms 12 Children Near Bend
Archbishop John F O’Hara of Philadelphia, in Bend Indiana for the First National Congress of Religious of the U S, confirmed 12 children of Mexican migratory laborers nearby. He spoke fluent Spanish during the visit.
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Epee Bend
Ind
John F O'Hara
C.S.C
Philadelphia
National Congress of Religious
U. S
Spain Warns America Dirty Reading Will Do Us More Harm Than Reds Can
Ecclesia in Madrid praises Catholic actions against pornographic magazines and child literature. It endorses United States efforts led by J Edgar Hoover and the National Council of Catholic Men to root out an “enemy within.” Peru drafts a bill to curb indecent publications, proposing penalties and a review group to police material for youth.
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Spain
America
Madrid
Ecclesia
Catholic Action
Stort
National Council of Atholic Men
Washington, C
J. Edgar Hoover
Refugees Boost Catholic Presence On Formosa Island
Refugees and mainland refugees helped grow Formosa's Catholic population to about 20 000 with 1586 adult conversions in the past year. From 1947 to now priests rose from 17 to 95 and sisters from 8 to 166 while six brothers serve. Protestant missions and various orders staff several prefectures including Taipi and Taichung with Jesuits and Maryknoll involved.
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Taipei
Formosa
Patrick O’connor
S.5.c
Father O’connor
NCWC
Chiang Kaishek
National University
California
Fukien
Taipiti
Disciples of the Lord
Celso Costantini
China
Freedom of the Press and Responsibility in Newsrooms
A reflective piece arguing that while the American press is largely clean and informed, journalists and editors bear heavy responsibility. It stresses freedom with moral restraint, condemns sensationalism and slanted reporting, and urges adherence to truth to protect youth and public virtue.
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American Daily Press
Clerical Proselytizing Seen in 1950 Magazine Clip
A reader cites a sectarian pamphlet Signs of the Times dated December 5 1950 and notes its author W L Emmerson is in need of careful reading. The writer urges readers to turn to Page 3.
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Signs of the Times
W. L. Emmerson
Holds Important Church Offices
The Most Rev. Arcadio Latraona C M F secretary to the Sacred Congregation of Religious Rome belongs to the Claretians and serves as Consultor to several Vatican bodies. He spoke at the Notre Dame congress noting U S religious constitute a large portion of world clergy.
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Arcadio Latraona
C.M.F
Sacred Congregation of Religious
Rome
Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Father Latraona
Worry Congregation For the Oriental Church
Special
International Secretariat
The
Missionary Union of the Clergy
Pontifical Commission For the
Holy Father
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Lamraona
U. S
Sensenbrenner Will Bets Catholic Institutions Substantial Shares
Frank J. Sensenbrenner, Milwaukee paper magnate, dies at 87 leaving estate provisions totaling over 700000 in Catholic benefactions. Marquette University gets up to 400000, St Norbert’s College up to 150000, Green Bay diocese 50000, Mt St Mary College 35000, St Elizabeth’s Hospital 15000, Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother 10000, St Joseph’s Orphan Asylum 15000, and several parishes share over 40000. He rose from clerk to Kimberly Clark president and held Catholic honors and board roles.
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Frank J. Sensenbrenner
Milwaukee
Marquette University
Sensenbrenner
Norbertine Fathers
St. Norbert’s ‘College
West de Pere
Wis
Green Ba
Mt. St. Mary College
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Appleton
Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother
Oshkosh
St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum
Green Bay
Senséenbrénner
Kimberly- Clark Corp
Order of St. Gregory
Malta
Board of Governors
Knights of Columbus
Why Religion Posters Roll Out Across Navy Installations
Navy Department artists design posters bearing Why Religion? to be shown in navy installations worldwide under the Chaplains' Corps. A new poster is to be erected every 30 days beginning in September.
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Washington, D.C
Navy Department
Navy
d@uspices
Chaplains’ Corps
Religious Congress at Notre Dame Draws 2000 Delegates
Notre Dame hosts the Congress of Religious from August 9 to 12 gathering 129 Mothers General and about 2,000 delegates the largest assembly of women superiors in church history. Speakers discuss religious life in modern America, education, and missionary challenges as Rome looks for adapted leadership.
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Notre Dame Ind
Congress of Religious
University of Notre Dame
Mothers General of Religious Communities of Women
Abbot Ig
Truman Not Considering Envoy to the Pope
President Truman said he is not considering appointing an Ambassador to the Vatican at this time. He noted it has been months since he withdrew General Mark W. Clark’s nomination and did not indicate a recess appointment was under review.
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Ashington
Truan
Vatican
Mark W. Clark
U.S
Truman
Father Jogues
Goupil
France
Auriesville
Lalande
Marker to Saint Thomas More to Be Erected in London
The British government will place a tablet at the site of the 1535 state trial of St. Thomas More. The marker commemorates the saint and English statesman slain during King Henry VIII's reign, to be installed in West London.
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Henry VIII
London
Thomas More
West
Martyr Span in California and a Tudor Saint
Mexican Jesuit Father Miguel Pro spent months in Los Gatos California in 1914 during Pancho Villa era before going to Spain in 1915. The article recalls Pro as a "merry saint" and notes his beatification cause in Rome. It also describes Sir Thomas More’s trial and beheading for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII's supremacy, with Pius XI canonizing him in 1935 as a martyr of the church.
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Miguel Pro
S.J
Rome
U.S
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Leo Canavan
Minster Hall
Aes
Henry VIII
Westminster Hall
Thomas More
London
St. Thomasy
Cardinal Wolsey
Catherine of Aragon
England
Tower Hill
Pius XI
NCWC
Katholikentag Faces Red Persecutionlash Across Berlin
Eastern Germany tightens control on church life as Katholikentag nears in Berlin. Decrees confiscate church property threaten hospital benefits and shift Christian publications under state supervision. Deacons barred from travel and clandestine ordinations occur. Public meetings constrained and camps closed amid refugee outflows.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Erfurt
Thuringia
Pasore Named to Atomic Energy Panel Seat
Vice President Barkley designated Sen. John C. Pastore Democrat of Rhode Island to the joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee seat left vacant by the death of Chairman Brien McMahon. Pastore, born Providence May 17 1907, former Rhode Island governor 1945 48 and U S senator since 1950, is a lawyer. He is a Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Italo American club.
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Gets
Atomic Energy Post
Washington
John C. Pastore
D.-A.1
Alben W. Barkley
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Brien McMahon
D.-Conn
Sen. Pastore
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
U.S
The
Knights of A
Lack of Vocations Ends Famous House of Jesuits
Vienna reports a chronic shortage of Jesuit vocations leading to the closing of the historic Jesuit house founded by St. Peter Canisius. The piece notes Austria’s broader priestly shortage with Salzburg and Vienna dioceses facing insufficient ordinations to replace departing priests and to staff new assignments.
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Jesuits
Vienna
St. Peter Canisius
Ison
Pale
Eregeaaen
Austria
Salzburg
First Word Received Of Bishop F X Prisoner of Chinese
The first definite word in 16 months concerns Bishop Ford, head of the Kaying diocese, and captives in Canton. Reports say four prisoners including Bohm and Richmond, plus William M. Toton, were released from a Canton cell where they faced narcotics trafficking charges. They were deported after two year sentences.
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Hong Kong
Vea
Gobuaneiete Wits
Bohm
John F. Richmond
William M. Toten
Canton
Ommunist-Span
Ta Kung Pao
Ford
Kaying
Kwangtung
Maryknoll
Jean Marie Ryan
New York
Remember Others' Rights Archbishop Warns Labor
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing urged labor leaders at the 66th state convention to uphold self control and the moral law as essential to democracy. He warned against the belief that in politics anything goes and called for renewed honor among politicians and better industrial relations through mutual rights and obligations.
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Boston
Richard J. Cushing
Einia
Shrine of Jesuit Martyrs Draws 100000 Pilgrims Annually
Albany special report notes Auriesville New York hosts the Shrine of the North American Martyrs. More than 100000 visitors yearly May through October visit the Church of Our Lady of Martyrs and the surrounding 625 acre shrine. It honors Sts Isaac Jogues Rene Goupil and John Lalande.
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Albany
N. Y
Auriesville
Mohawk Valley
Isaac Jogues
Rene Goupil
John Lalande
Clain
Goupil
United States
New York State
New York Department of Commerce
North Roe
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