Pope warns on loss of individual dignity in mass society
Pope Pius XII cautions that individuals lose dignity to a mass culture aided by radio and films. He urges women in Cologne to defend personal dignity within family life and warns matrimony and the family face severe inroads. Cardinal Frings attends with about 600 delegates from the USA and Europe. Dr. Gerta Krabbel resigns as president and becomes honorary president.
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Washington
Pius XII
Cologne
Germany
Holy Father
Ann
Vention
Joseph Frings
U.S
Belgium
Holland
Portugal
Luxemburg
Gerta Krabbel
Ncwc Wire
Seamen Seek Holy See Privileges At Cleveland Meet
The Apostleship of the Sea will discuss securing special privileges from the Holy See to help merchant seamen attend Mass and receive Communion. The Cleveland gathering September 10 to 12 will include Bishop Caillouet and Rev Thomas A McDonough. Representatives from major ports will discuss Catholic Maritime Action and coordination with Catholic Charities and St. Vincent de Paul.
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New Orleans
Holy See
Apostleship of the Sea
Cleveland
Thomas AcDonough
C.ss.r
Orleans
Citiens
L. Abel Caillouet
Rome
Rere
Holy Fact
Ree
Catholic Maritime Action Program
National Conference of Catholic Charities
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Incwc Wire
Nun Mary Agnes Wins Kilgore Good Neighbor Award
Sister Mary Agnes, principal of Christ the King School Kilgore Texas, was named Kilgore newspaper Good Neighbor winner. She belongs to the Sisters Auxiliaries of the Apostolate and aids social work in Dallas and Wheeling dioceses.
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Mary Agnes
Christ the King School
Kilgore
Tex
Dallas
Wheeling
Most Rev Arcadio Larraona Holds Important Church Offices
The Most Rev Arcadio Larraona CMF serves as Secretary to the Sacred Congregation of Religious in Rome. He is a Claretians priest and holds roles with the Oriental Church Code Commission and the Missionary Union of the Clergy. At Notre Dame he represented church leaders from the United States and noted American religiouss comprise about 15 to 20 percent of the global religious workforce.
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Arcadio Larraona
C.M.F
Sacred Congregation of Religious
Rome
Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Father Larraona
Sacred 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
Lampaona
U. S
Milwaukee paper man Sensenbrenner leaves estate near 700000
Frank J. Sensenbrenner, Milwaukee paper executive and Marquette alum, died at 87. His will earmarks major gifts to Marquette University at 15 percent of the net estate up to 400000, plus further bequests to Norbertine Fathers St Norbert's College Green Bay diocese Mt St Mary College St Elizabeths Hospital Oshkosh Sorrowful Mother Sisters and St Josephs orphan asylum Green Bay. Several parishes share over 40000. He rose from office boy to Kimberly Clark president and held church and university roles.
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Frank J. Sensenbrenner
Milwaukee
Marquette University
Sensenbrenner
Norbertine Fathers
St. Norbert’s College
West de Pere
Wis
Green Bay
Mt. St. Mary College
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Appleton
Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother
Oshkosh
St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum
Kimberly- Clark Corp
Malta
Knights of Columbus
Time Out for Mexicans in South Bend Mass
Archbishop John F. O'Hara of Philadelphia paused from the First National Congress of Religious of the U S to confirm 12 children of Mexican migratory laborers near South Bend Indiana. He spoke briefly in Spanish during the ceremony.
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South Bend
Ind
John F. O’hara
C.S.C
Philadelphia
National Congress of Religious
U. S
Catholic Groups Fight Pornography in U S and Canada
Ecclesia praises Catholic leaders in Spain and North America for curbing pornographic material in books magazines and short stories for youth. The move backs actions by J Edgar Hoover and lawmakers while Lima lawyers urge penalties and a special review panel to regulate material aimed at youths.
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Madri
Spain
Ecclesia
Catholic Action
Canada
Theierarchies
National Council of Catholic Men
Washington
Refugees swell Formosa Catholic population and clergy
Refugees from the mainland have doubled Formosa’s Catholic population to about 20 000, with 1 586 adult conversions in the past year. The island’s priests have grown from 17 in 1947 to 95 now, with 166 sisters and six brothers. Catholic mission work spans three districts with orders including Maryknoll Fathers, Paris Foreign Missions, and Belgian Auxiliaries.
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Taipei
Formosa
Patrick O’connor
S.S.C
O’connor
NCWC
Chiang Kaishek
National University
California
Fukien
Disciples of the Lord
Celso Costantini
China
Maryk
Press Freedom Aimed at Responsibility In The News
In this reflection on press bounds, the piece argues for responsible journalism and truth over sensationalism. It notes the spread of prejudice and obscenity in some outlets, cites the Spanish Civil War coverage, and endorses a British Press Council to uphold public interest without eroding freedom. It stresses Catholic accountability and divine judgment for corrupting youth.
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Europe
Conversion Critics and a Sectarian Clip
A reader critiques a Signs of the Times magazine from December 5, 1950. The article by W. L. Emmerson is accused of ill reading the Bible and attempting to convert Catholic editors. The note urges readers to turn to a detailed Page 3-Column 3 discussion.
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Signs of the Times
W. L. Emmerson
Poster series planned by Chaplains' Corps in Navy zones
A set of posters displaying the slogan Why ee ee has been designed by Department artists and will be denied in navy installations see theorld will be erected under the Chaplains' Corps. A new poster will be installed every 30 days starting in September.
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Washington, D.C
Navy
Chaplains’ Corps
Religious congress at Notre Dame gathers 2000 delegates
Notre Dame hosts the Congress of Religious Aug 9–12 drawing 129 Mothers General and about 2000 delegates from over 500 women’s communities. Speakers discuss renewing religious life in the modern world, hospital care costs, and challenges to Catholic schools.
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Notre Dame Ind
Congress of Religious
University of Notre Dame
Mothers General of Religious Communities of Women
Congress of
U.S
Alfred Mendez
C.S.C
Rome
Christ
Abbot Ig
Truman Not Considering Envoy to the Pope
President Truman said he is not considering appointing an Ambassador to Vatican City at this time. He noted he withdrew Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Vatican ambassador nomination months ago and did not discuss a recess appointment with Congress not in session.
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Washington
Truman
Vatican City
Mark W. Clark
U.S
Vatican
Congress
Marker planned for Saint Thomas More trial site in Westminster Hall
British government will place a tablet at Westminster Hall marking the 1535 trial of St. Thomas More. The tablet notes More refused Henry VIII’s ecclesiastical authority, leading to his beheading. Born 1478, More rose to Lord Chancellor before clashes over divorce and oath of supremacy. Canonized in 1935 as Martyr of the Papacy.
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Henry VIII
Thomas More
London
West
Minster Hall
Westminster Hall
St. Thomas
Cardinal Wolsey
Catherine of Aragon
Henry Will
England
Tower Hills
Pius XI
NCWC
Katholikentag Marked By Red Persecution Efforts
In East Germany ahead of the Katholikentag in Berlin, Communist authorities intensify church repression. Seizure of church property, exclusion of Catholic hospitals from social insurance, bans on travel for clergy, and closure of Catholic and Protestant camps heighten fears as refugees stream toward West Berlin.
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Max Jordan
Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Art
Thuringia
Soviet Zone
NCWC
Pas To Take Atomic Energy Post In Senate
Sen John O Pastore of Rhode Island was chosen by Vice President Barkley for the Democratic seat on the joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee filling the vacancy left by the death of Chairman Brien McMahon. Pastore, born Providence May 17 1907, former Rhode Island governor 1945 1948 and a 1950 U.S. senator, is a lawyer by profession and a Catholic who belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the Italo American club.
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Gets
Atomic Energy Post
Washington
John O. Pastore
D.-R.i
Alben W. Barkley
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Brien McMahon
D.-Conn
Sen. Pastore
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
U.S
The
Knights of Ae
Lack of Vocations Shuts Historic Jesuit House in Vienna
The Jesuit house founded by St. Peter Canisius in 1552 closes due to chronic lack of vocations. The Am Hof church in Vienna hosted the final Mass as Jesuit fathers bid farewell. Austria suffers a priestly shortage with the Salzburg archdiocese foreseeing no new priests and Vienna ordaining only 12 of the needed 30.
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Vienna
St. Peter Canisius
Salzburg
First Word From Bishop Ford Prisoner Reported By Fliers
Three Australian fliers released from Canton prison report Bishop Francis X. Ford of Kaying Diocese in good health and well clothed. Ford has been held since December 1950 after house arrest and a 1951 march through Kaying streets to a Canton jail. Maryknoll Father and Sister Ryan remained prisoners with limited word until now.
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Hong Kong
Francis X. Ford
Brooklyn
Maryknoll
Ross S. Bohm
John F. R
William M. James
Canton
Ford
Ta Kung Pho
Kaying
Kwangtung
Jean Marie Ryan
New York
Remember Others' Rights Archbishop Warns Labor
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing urged labor unionists at the 66th AFL state convention to follow self control and the moral law as essential for democracy. He warned that politics and management suffer without honor and mutual recognition of rights and obligations between employers and workers.
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Boston
Richard J. Cushing
American Federation of Labor
NCWC
Shrine of Jesuit Martyrs Draws 100000 Pilgrims Yearly
Albany special report notes the Shrine of the North American Martyrs at Auriesville Mohawk Valley attracts over 100000 visitors each year from May through October to the Church of Our Lady of Martyrs. The 625 acre site honors Sts Isaac Jogues Rene Goupil and John Lalande with a 10000 seat church and 72 doors.
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Albany
N. Y
Auriesville
Mohawk Valley
Isaac Jogues
Rene Goupil
John Lalande
Goupill
Colosseum
United States
New York State
New York Department of Commerce
Northoe
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Natius Esser
St. Meinrad’s Abbey
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O. Carm
Ludolph Sattler
C.F.A
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Raymond A. Lane
M.M
Martyr
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S.J
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Sacred Heart
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Calif
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Katholikentag
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Father Jogues
Goupil
France
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