Peter Burial in Rome Confirmed by Excavations
Scholarly research and archaeological evidence support that the Apostle Peter was buried in Rome and later reinterred during the Valerian persecution. Excavations near the tomb and Roman catacombs align with early Christian tradition that Peter served as Rome’s bishop and was martyred under Nero.
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Rave
Peter
Pius
Rome
Awstua
Eter
Conand
Péter
Pius XII
Simon
Jesus
Orth Church
Rom
Antioch
Babylon
Mark
Gage
Nero
Paul
Pope Meets U S Child In Rome Red Shoes Question
Four and a half year old Hugh Fenimore of Washington D C joins six kindergartners chosen by Catholic Action to greet Pope Pius XII in Rome. He speaks fluent Italian and presents a toy lamb to flood victims in the Po Valley. Hugh asks why the Pope wears white shoes. He offers his toy horse critique and is praised as a lively visitor by the Pontiff.
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Hugh Fenimore
Washington, D. C
Pius XII
Po Valley
Italy
Hugh
Rome
Catholic Action
U. S
Ngh
Hungarian Prelate Warns UN Action to Halt Genocide
Monsignor Bela Varga, president of the Hungarian National Council in exile, accuses the Communist regime of genocide against Hungarians and Catholics. He cites deportations, forced separations, child tattooing for identification, and family destruction, urging UN involvement and listing international responses and evidence.
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New York
Hungary
Monsignor Varga
Hungarian National Oil
Vate Poe
United Nations
Paris
Sweden
Peru
Venezuela
Rica
Nicaragua
Haiti
China
NCWC
Blessed Mother Goose Rhymes for Today’s Children
A new book Blessed Mother Goose Nas Nuts Rhymes for Today's Children reworks Mother Goose with sanctity to promote love of God. Frank Scully describes 103 pages of rhymes including Mary and the Lamb where Mary’s Son becomes Our Lord and forgiveness is asked.
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Mother Goose
God
Hollywood
Califf
Times
Archishop
J. Francis A. McIntyre
Los Angeles
Frank Scully
House- Warren
Mary
Lord
Lamb of
Leaflet Urges Early Canonization of Pius X
A color leaflet from the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine promotes prayers for Blessed Pius X to speed his beatification. It recounts his life from Giuseppe Melchior Sarto to pope, outlines reforms in catechetical instruction and church discipline, and notes pilgrimages and renewed parish campaigns led by the CCD Episcopal Committee.
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Pius X
Washington
Chris
Beatus
Apostolic Delegation
Giuseppe Melchior Sarto
Giovanni Battista Sarto
Margherita Sanson
Riese
Italy
Mantova
Venice
St.Peter
St. Thomas Aquinas
Ernesmens
St. Gregory T Great
Episcopal Committee of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Pope Pius X
Itron
Confraternity
Paws X
Riese Deus
St. Mark’s
Eee X
St. Peter’s
Rome
Episcopal Committee of
The
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Christian Doctrine
Gore Pius X
Two-Year Sentence for V G Mindszenty Associate
Vatican and Hungarian reports describe Gyula Matrai, once Vicar General to Cardinal Mindszenty, sentenced to two years in prison by a Red court for not joining the Patriotic Priests movement. The case follows a pattern of state control over church leadership as Budapest tightens its grip on clergy.
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London
Gyula Matrai
Cardinal Mindszenty
Esztergom
Strigonia
Hungary
Red
Patriotic Priests
Miklos Beresz
Toczy
Eral
Atengynn
Budapest
Hamvas
Moor Matrai
Josef Groesz
Kalocsa
Bartholom Orik
Veszprem
Vatican Radio
Vatican
NCWC
Listening In How Many Catholics in the World
Rand. ee. new Cosmopolitan World Atlas puts the global population at ee ,000 and says the Catholic population is one sixth to one fifth of humanity in union with the Holy See. The 1951 World Almanac lists Catholics at 329,775,663 and Orthodox and Protestants at 127,629,986 and 137,945,530 respectively.
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Rand. Ee
Holy See
Canadian Religious Leaders Besieged by Reds in China
Canadian born Bishop Kenneth Turner of Lishui and four Scarboro priests plus three nuns are prisoners of Reds in Lishui China. Also reported are nine Canadian Jesuits held after Bishop Cote’s arrest including Gagnon Pineau Belhumeur Hardy Labranche Lafleche Gardens Auzon and Brother Bergeron.
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Toronto
Canada
Kenneth Turner
Ntreal
Reds
Lishui
China
Scarboro Foreign Mission Society
Turner
Arthur Venum
Ponquet
N.S
Craig Ouenart
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Alex McIntosh
St. Andrew’s
Paul Kam
Mary Catherine
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Mary Ann McCarthy
Montreal
St.atthew Penfold
Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of
Pembroke
Scarboro
Gerald McKernam
Brantford
Grey Sisters
Philip Cote
Suchow
Lawrence
Mass
August Gagnon
St. Louis’ College
Cornelius Pineau
Prince Edward Island
Maurice Belhumeur
Man
Marc Hardy
Sorel
Horace Labranche
Edouard Lafleche
Winnipeg
Maurice'Gardens
Quebec
Eugene Auzon
Alberta
Joseph, Bergeron
NCWC
Bomb scare prompts guards at Miami Catholic churches
In Miami and Coral Gables police guard Catholic churches after a dynamiting attempt at Sts. Peter and Paul and a threats incident targeting Christmas church bombing. Little Flower church found no explosives. The 10th bombing attempt in six months follows the Moore case, with a serious past attack on an NAACP leader’s home. The Sts. Peter and Paul church remained crowded for Christmas.
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Miami
Fla
Sts. Peter and Paul’s
Coral Gables
William G. Kimbrough
Little Flower Church
Walter E. Headley
Harry T. Moore
Florida
Natio Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert P. Brennan
NCWC
Maryknoll Bishop Lane Heads to South American Missions
Bishop Raymond A. Lane Superior General of the Maryknoll Fathers will visit Maryknoll missions across Central and South America. The trip will pass through Mexico Guatemala Panama Nicaragua Bolivia Peru and Chile. It marks his second visitation of the society's South American missions since 1946.
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Maryknoll, N. Y
Raymond A. Lane
Maryknoll Fathers
Maryknoll
Mexico
Guatemala
Panama
Nicaragua
Bolivia
Peru
Chile
Lane
Clothing Drive Surpasses 7 Million Pounds For Relief
New York reports over 7,000,000 pounds of clothing blankets and shoes collected for Bishops Emney Clothing Campaign. About 5,800,000 pounds are en route to war victims refugees and evacuees, with 5,000,000 already gathered. Aid flows to Germany Italy Hong Kong and the Philippines among others as urgency from Korea spurs faster shipments.
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New York
Bishops’ Emney Clothing
Edward E. Swanstrom
NCWC
War Relief Services
Germany
Italy
Hong Kong
Formosa
ENCWC
Holy See expands diplomatic list to 48 nations
The Holy See now maintains diplomatic relations with 48 countries up from 38 under Pius XII. The Vatican lists 23 embassies and 25 legations with three embassies lacking a titular head, China and others operating with charges d affaires. Notable additions include China the Philippines and Lebanon among others. Three legations hold heads and two are suspended, with new relations established during this pontificate including India Pakistan and Uruguay.
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Vatican
Holy See
Pius XII
Dip Dinematic Corps
Lo Ee
China
Germany
United States
Japan
Tihe
C. Taylor
Senate Pri
Ar’mbassador
Argentina
Bel
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Lombia
Dominican
Repub- Ireiad
Italy
Persiianhilippines
Portugal
Spain
Venezuela
Eqraasy
Hig Sretennes
Austria
Chicho-Blovekie
Costa Rica
Britain
Egypt
el ‘Salvador
Lebanon
Tiberia
Lithuania
Monaco
Nicaragus
Pakistan
Panama
Marino
Uruguay
Guatemala
Honduras
Yugoslavia
Czecho- Slovakia
Romania
Philieten
Ste
United
INCWC
Wire
Scholar Calls Theology Core of Catholic Education Reform
Dr. Roy J. Deferrari of the Catholic University of America urged Catholic colleges to restore theology as central to study and intellect. He warned against elective and ad hoc courses that blur a college’s Catholic purpose and argued sociology should be examined through theological methods.
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Washington
Roy J. Deferrari
Catholic University of America
See
Catholic A
Ogy
Deferrari
INCWC
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