Catholic News Briefs From Around The World And Nation
Ohio Supreme Court upholds liquor proximity law near schools in Columbus. Texas & Pacific Railway to fund a large ad campaign next year stressing faith in country and humanity. Cardinal Griffin urges couples to help troubled marriages in London. World Catholic Action met with leaders in Britain to promote international Catholic work. Poor Clare extern nun receives garb in Newent. Local protests and school use cases cited in North Smithfield and Woonsocket. Marian convention and Catholic media growth noted in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Deportation hearing for Philippine heroine in Carville. Week With Christ program at Conception Abbey planned. Blood donor reigns as Rev Flavian ODonnell gives 40th pint in Buffalo. Detroit chronicles 33 religious communities showcased in vocations exhibit. Wooden Church Crusade forms to aid church building in Allied zones. Catholic newscasts rise. Notre Dame Communion Sunday observed. Religious floats in Chicago parade. Vatican comments on Croce ban. U.S. Supreme Court sets dates for school desegregation cases. Subversive activity lists urged for expanded inquiry. Banned books hearing looms in Washington. Two bishops detained in Trieste by police. 66 mile slave march noted for missionaries in Hong Kong.
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Outdoor preaching poses challenge says Frank Sheed at Fordham
Avery Dulles moderates a Fordham event with Frank Sheed asserting outdoor street preaching tests the audience. Sheed, addressing 500 in the Evidence guild, argues teaching, not preaching, fits lay speakers and stresses presenting the doctrine rather than proving God exists.
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Avery Dulles
Frank Sheed
New York
Catholic Evidence Guild
Fordham University
Avery
Evidence Guild
Australia
U.S
Sheed
Mr. Sheed
God
NCWC
Young Catholics Eager to Help Church in U S
British essayist Arnold Lunn notes a growing spirit of confidence among young lay Catholics in the United States who seek to engage with non Catholics. He cites a need for dialogue, says Catholicism is both culture and religion, and discusses misconceptions held by secularists. He is on a lecture tour and teaches at Notre Dame.
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Washington, D.C
Arnold Lunn
United
Lunn
Paul Blanshard
James M. O’neill
Notre Dame University
Supreme Court Invalidates NY Law Over Cathedral Control
The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, strikes down a New York law transferring St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City to the Russian Orthodox Church in America, citing religious freedom protections under the 14th Amendment. Justice Robert H. Jackson dissents, criticizing yielding to foreign spiritual authority.
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Washington, D.C
New York
St. Nicholas’ Cathedral
New York City
America
United States Supreme Court
Moscow Patriarchate
Red Puppe
Robert H. Jackson
Ouster of Pittsburgh Teacher for Loyalty Upheld by Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of Dorothy Albert, a Pittsburgh high school English teacher of 18 years, named a Communist by the FBI. The ruling affirms the Allegheny Common Pleas decision sustaining her ouster by the Pittsburgh Board of Education in March 1950, citing state power to set teacher qualifications including loyalty.
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Pennsylvania State Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Horace Stern
Alleghany Common Pleas Court
Dorothy Albert
FBI
Albert
Pittsh Board of Education
Marc
Francis B. Haas
Stern
Striking Stations of Cross Shown in Worcester Cathedral
The seventh station Jesus Falls the Second Time is now vividly painted at St. Pauls Cathedral Worcester after renovation. The interior gains bright blue beige and gold replacing neutral tones. Bishop John J Wright officiated Pontifical Mass marking completion of the renovations.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
Worcester
Mass
Jesus Falls
New England
Jesus
Christ
John J. Wright
Chemists Honor Jesuit Scientist Father McGuinn Named ACS Education Chair
The Rev Albert F. McGuinn S J was chosen by the American Chemical Society to chair its committee on chemical education. He heads the department at Boston College and recently received an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Massachusetts for his work in chemical education.
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Albert F. McGuinn
S.J
American Chemical Society
Chemical Education
Boston College
Massachusetts
Father McGuiffin
University of Massachusetts
Teachers' Text Boosts CCD Program Training
Washington reports a new CCD training text Course for Training Religion Teachers compiled by the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart. The book covers the Mass sacraments and preparation for First Communion. In Washington 150 lay teachers are trained while Springfield and Worcester, Massachusetts cohorts exceed 300. In 1961, 64 hour Mission Helpers courses prepared over 1,100 catechists for U.S. dioceses.
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Springfield
Mass
Worcester
Mission Helpers
U.S
President Sees Church As Basis of Democracy
President Truman, speaking at a Senne Va church ceremony, urged churches to wage a ceaseless war against social injustice and to promote brotherhood and a better life. He said democracy rests on a spiritual basis of God, morality, and church-led growth.
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Washington, D.C
Truman
Senne Va
Priest Forced to Sing Praises of Red Leader
A Catholic priest Father Matthew Ruf, imprisoned in China, endured 11 hours daily of hard labor for five years and was compelled to sing communist songs praising leaders Mao Zedong and Stalin. Despite brutal conditions, he remained defiant, saying he works for whom he loves and stays cheerful.
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Germany
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Ero
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Catholics in Pakistan Karachi
In Pakistan the Moslem country has a Christian population of 880000, with about 250000 Catholics. The figures come from unofficial sources noting Karachi as a center of Christian faith in the nation.
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Pakistan
Karachi
Archbishop O'Hara Links Secularism to World Turmoil at Pan American Mass
Archbishop O'Hara told diplomats at the Pan American Mass in St. Patrick's Church that secularism silences conscience and rights, risking liberty, and urged God first in Western Hemisphere deliberations. More than 1,000 attendees included 19 Latin American ambassadors and U.S. officials.
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Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
St. Patrick’s Church
William Howard Taft
O’hara
Uruguay
United States
Patrick A. O’boyle
Washington
Amleto G. Cicognani
John McNamara
Center of White Fathers Established in Rome
The Rome center of the White Fathers is blessed by Cardinal Pietroni Biondi. Father J A Richard U S Provincial attended with 10 archbishops and representatives from four nations. Since 1868 the order’s mother house has been in Maison Carree Algeria. the general administration will be housed in Rome while the mother-house remains.
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Pietroni Biondi
J. A. Richard
U. S
White Fathers
Maison-Carree
Algeria
Moral Law Is Hailed Democracy's Guardian
Rev Charles T. Doherty delivered a sermon at the fourth annual Red Mass of the Lawyers' Guild of St. Thomas More in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Bishop James J. Byrne led the Mass in the St. Thomas College chapel.
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St. Paul
American Cardinals Elevation Highlights United States Clergy
The article notes Archbishop J Francis A McIntyre’s elevation makes Los Angeles eighth US archdiocese with a Cardinal as Ordinary. It mentions five American cardinals in Rome and lists Abe Glennon and James Gibbons among noted figures, with ages, dates, and participation in papal elections.
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New York
J. Francis A. MelIntyre
Archdiocese of
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United States
Pius XII
No Escape on Calvary Cross in Mission Sermon
A Catholic preacher, Fulton J. Sheen, exhorts the faithful to sacrifice for the Holy Father's Missions. He portrays Chinese Catholics suffering under Communist oppression and praises a priest who ministers while carrying manure, the Blessed Sacrament, and Holy Oils as symbols of faith.
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Christ
China
Francis Thompson
Questioning closeness to God amid world’s wounds and duties
A reflectiveJN column urges holy action through charity and prayer. It praises self sacrifice for missions and asks if a person can embody both spiritual gentleness and worldly carnality while serving others. It links rosaries, offerings, and world missions.
Sacrifice and Prayer Card Sent To Fulton Sheen
A column urges readers to deny themselves and mail a personal sacrifice to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith or to their Diocesan Director, directed at the Most Reverend Fulton J. Sheen at 109 East 38th Street New York.
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Society For the Propagation of the Faith
East 38Th Street
New York
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