Paulist Father Proposes Laws to Curb Obscene Pictures
Paulist Father Ames A. McVann calls for strict enforcement of obscenity laws and local boycotts to end the traffic in obscene pictures. He urges parents to report offenders, educators to press for enforcement, and parish groups to pressure newsstands to drop immodest literature.
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New York
Ames A. McVann
Vann
Father Ae
St. Paul’s College
House
Service Committee
Frank M. Karsten Missouri
New Mexico
Ncwc Wire
Florida Monk Examines Theresa Neumann Case for Church Testing
Rev. Bernard Weigl of St. Leo Abbey describes an ongoing open inquiry into Theresa Neumann's stigmatic stigmata. He notes his 1951 report to Archbishop Buchberger and says Neumann promised cooperation with church observers to permit future testing and retirement-period observation.
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Theresa
Florida
St. Leo, Fla
Theresa Neumath
Bernard Weigl
O.S.B
St. Leo’s Abbey
Konnersreuth
Michael Buchberger
Regensburg
Theresa Neumann
Father Weigl
Weig
Buchberger
Weigl
Nersreuth
Leichstaedt
Leipzig
Ress
Knights of Malta Maintain Legations With Ten Nations
The Knights of Malta headquartered in Rome enjoy extraterritorial status and run legations with Holy See Argentina Haiti Panama San Marino Spain San Salvador Portugal Paraguay and Brazil. They also have missions with many others including France and Western Germany and issue their own passports recognized in diplomatic relations.
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Rome
The
Knights of Malta
Holy
Argentina
Haiti
Panama
San Marino
Spain
San Salvador
Portugal
Paraguay
Brazil
France
Germany
Knights of Malta under modern scrutiny and mystic claims
A long report outlines the Knights of Malta history from 1092 to today, noting their dual role as monks and soldiers and current global membership. It also recounts a Benedictine critique of Theresa, a stigmatic individual, and details church and Nazi era investigations surrounding her case and calls for independent observation.
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Knights Hospitallers
St. John of Arvana
Apital
Pili
St. Itine
Rhodes
E Pi Ong Harles
Lps
Malta
Napoleon
Egypt
Leo XIII
Rome
U. S
Sicmhuioahtars
Knights of Justice
Knights of Honor and Devotion
Knights of Magistral Gtaon
Namn
Knights of Malta
Congregation of Religious
Floyd Keeler to Be Priest After Catholic Conversion
Floyd Keeler 72, convert minister, has been accepted as a seminarian at Mount St. Marys. A Bedford Virginia native, he studied at Roanoke College and served in Episcopalian ministry before joining the Catholic Church in 1917. He worked for NCWC News Service and Catholic Near East Welfare, married to Isabelle Emory Keeler, with a son Gene.
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Floyd Keeler
Emmitsburg
Keeler
Bishopeter L. Ireton
Richmond
Mount St. Mary’s
Bedford
Eeler
Roanoke College
Students’ Mission Co
NCWC
Catholic Near East Welfare Association
Isabelle Emory Keeler
Catholic Prone
Amily
Cenes
Oene ‘Keeler
Isabella
Atonement
Stillwater
St. Mary’s Parish
Midnight Mass Granted Three Year Extension for Holy Saturday Rite
Vatican clarifies extension of permission for Holy Saturday Midnight Mass to be moved to evening hours for three more years. Decree outlines rubrics for single priests, fasting rules, and reception of Communion, with guidance on confessions and blessings to avoid conflicts with the Divine Office.
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Bebe
Theresa
Rey
Sullivan
Vatican City
Toransfer
Acta Apostolicae Sedis
NCWC
Convert to Catholic Church Receives Dutch Queen’s Mother-in-Law
The mother-in-law of the Queen of Holland, Princess Armgerd von Lippe Biesterfeld, wife of Prince Hernlued of the Nestlands and native German, has reportedly become a Catholic. She resides in Bonn and reportedly converted last year per Kirchlicher Nachrichten dienst.
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Queen of Holland
Germany
Armgerd
von Lippe Biesterfeld
Hernlued
The
Nestlands
Juliana
Kirchlicher Nachrichtendienst
Bonn
Little Girl’s Doll Becomes Priceless Gift to Pius XII
A small worn doll given by a Polish orphan to Pope Pius XII became the unique personal keepsake on his desk. The gesture moved the Pope to preserve the doll and reflect on childhood kindness amid vast gifts from royalty and leaders.
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Pius. XII
Regensburg
Bavaria
Holy Father
Ps Dol
Poland
Pius XII
Madonna of the Pomegranate by Bellini in Lent Message
The Bellini painting centers on a solemn Madonna with Child linked by a pomegranate symbolizing Christ’s Passion. The article notes devotional sincerity and depicts the fruit’s heart as prefiguring the Passion while the Church enters Lent leading to Holy Week.
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Giovanni Bellini
Bellini
Christ
Leo Canavan
Priest Crosses Picket Line for Sunday Mass
In Bayonne New Jersey the Rev John J Cassels crosses the Tidewater Associated Oil refinery picket line every Sunday to say Mass inside the plant for strike bound foremen and supervisors protecting and maintaining the grounds Since the 4th of January the strikers have not left the buildings but have received the sacraments regularly since January 20 due to unusual cooperation between management and labor.
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Bayonne
N. J
John J. Cassels
Tidewater Associated Oil Company
Photograph of Sharbel Makhlouf Appears 51 Years After Death
A Melkite priest claims a photograph shows Sharbel Makhlouf the Lebanese saint in apparition form 51 years after his 1899 death. Nine associates identify the image, noting prior miracles at his tomb and a 1950 apparition on film at his monastery.
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London
Sharbel Makhlouf
Eastern Churches Quarterly
Sharbel
Vatican
la Croix
Paris
Protestant Liturgical Movement Sees Shift in Worship Forms
A New York seminary scholar notes a rise in ritual elements within Protestant worship and a move away from pulpit centered services. He cites increased use of processions and responses and Gothic church design to create a sense of otherness and more active participation.
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Cyril C. Richardson
New York
Benedictine Touts Mexican Catholic Labor Movement
Mt Angre special reports Father Heibel of Mt. Angel abbey describes the Guadalupe movement among Mexican workers as a Catholic social reform effort. He says it parallels Sinarchism in guiding poor workers, with chapels and schools built and Christian social life revived. Heibel notes political currents, including Ruiz Cortinez and Pedro de Luna, and links Sinarchism to Acción Nacional influence.
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Mt. Angre
Mexico
Alcuin Heibel
C.S.B
Mt. Angel Abbey
Father Heibel
Ruiz Cortinez
Party of the Revolution
Accion National Party
Pedro de Luna
Guadalajara
Accion National
Benedictine
Europe
Revolution
Sinarchism
U S Priest Testifies on Katyn Massacre in Moscow Probe
U S priest Leopold Braun who worked in Moscow from 1934 to 1945 testified before a House subcommittee about the Katyn massacre of 1940s Polish officers. He said Soviet authorities refused cooperation, spun a version to foreign reporters, and that NKVD actions were ruthlessly deadly. He linked Polish victims moved to Moscow area and sent to labor camps, with doctors professors clergy among those harmed.
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U. S
Moscow
Washington
U.S
Katyn Forest
Leopold Braun
Father Braun
Stanislaus Kot
Russia
Sikorski
House
NKVD
Baltic Countries
Siberia
Poland
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