Beatification push for Pope Pius X outlined
An elaborate program in Kansas City promotes the beatification and canonization of Pope Pius X. A symposium on his life will feature scholars from Catholic universities. A national Confraternity conference Oct 11-14 will honor the pope born in 1835 and died in 1914 with Masses and lectures across venues.
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
America
Vatican
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Edwin V. O'Hara
Gethsemane House
Mason-Halpin Field House
Rockhurst College
Municipal Auditorium
Apostolic Delegate
Muehlebach
Joyce Kilmer
A. G. Cicognani
Catholic Lt Col Sacrifices For Dying Soldier In Jungle
A Catholic lieutenant colonel risked his life to administer last rites to a wounded soldier in a jungle night. The scene unfolded as lights flickered and the pair moved cautiously through narrow cover, with the priest and wounded man enduring a perilous, tense moment.
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Toman
Mistir
Rural Life Conference Educates Tens of Thousands This Summer
Nearly 30 000 priests sisters and laymen attend 60 National Catholic Rural Life Conference schools and institutes this summer. Courses cover rural philosophy education co operatives area farming and post war planning in 35 dioceses from North Dakota to Texas and Nebraska to Connecticut. Institutes for sisters occur in about 30 convents with free literature such as The Popes and Social Principles of Rural Life Rural Life and the Classics and A Study in Population Trends.
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National Catholic Rural Life Conference
North Dakota
Texas
Nebraska
Connecticut
Church Quiet in Vienna and Salzburg After War
Reports from Salzburg indicate Cardinal Innitzer is in good health and undisturbed by occupying authorities in Vienna. Archbishop Rohracher announces perpetual adoration and resumption of religious instruction in schools with diocesan papers to restart. Reconstruction begins at Salzburg Cathedral with plans for Pontifical Mass. St Andrew's in nearby area damaged beyond repair.
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Salzburg
Austria
Johannes Filzer
Cardinal Innitzer
Vienna
Andreas Rohracher
Rohracher
St. Andrew’s
NCWC
280 Cities Consecrate Selves to Sacred Heart
The Archdiocese of Quebec reports 280 municipalities have publicly consecrated to the Sacred Heart in the past year. Many halls display Sacred Heart statues and start meetings with prayers. All councils approved the consecrations without dissent.
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Quebec
Archdiocese of
Miracles Attributed to Catherine Laboure Discussed
Vatican officials met on June 26 to review two miracles attributed to Blessed Catherine Laboure as part of her canonization process. The Miraculous Medal appeared in three visions to the humble Daughter of Charity during these events. The Vincentians observe a Feast of the Manifestation of the Miraculous Medal annually on November 27.
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Sacred Congregation of Rites
Catherine Laboure
Vincentians
Holy See Charters Seen as Blueprint for World Peace Plan
The article discusses bishops and the Holy Father endorsing a peace plan drawn from Christmas allocutions. It notes how the Vatican proposals shaped Catholic fundraising and action around a charter for a just world order. The Pope spoke during the Dumbarton Oaks conference, linking church guidance to international work.
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Dumbarton Oaks
Ture
Paget
Reds Seek Revolution in U S Congress Told
The House Military Affairs committee warns that determined Communists in the United States seek to spark a revolution with or without outside aid. They fear infiltration of armed forces and urge vigilance against Communist propaganda and subversion.
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United States
Military Affairs Committee
House of Resentatives
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House
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New Orleans Parish Center Reaches Historic Size
The Josephite Fathers run the largest Colored parish in the country, New Orleans Corpus Christi parish with a 18,000 strong congregation. About 1500 children attend the halval school and 1000 more in catechetical classes taught by Twenty Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Christ was recently ente...
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New Orleans
U. S
Corpus
President Pope urge global peace under God in landmark talks
At the San Francisco United Nations Conference on International Organization President Truman urged seizing the chance to build an enduring power under God's guidance. In Rome Pope Pius XII told Jean A. Brunner that true peace requires turning to God, noting veterans' sacrifices as proof of high stakes in safeguarding world harmony.
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United Nations Conference On International Organization
San Francisco
Harry S. Truman
Vatican
Holy Father
Jean A. Brunner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rosenthal Campaigns With War Chest Ships West
Pulitzer photographer Rosenthal, famed for the Iwo Jima flag photo, campaigns for War Chest drives across the United States. He tours the West with Monsignor John R. Mulroy discussing veteran needs and Catholic Charities leadership.
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Tecaue
Iwo Jima
United States
West
Resen Cently
Rten
John R. Mulroy
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National Conference of Catholic Charities
Denver
Rosenthal
Fight Over Religion in Schools Spreads in U. S
Chicago action council plans to halt religious education in 65 public schools joining a Champaign Urbana case led by Vashti McCollum. Protestants and Catholics supervise sessions. pupils receive religious instruction half an hour weekly. A bill to legalize such classes would add one hour weekly to the curriculum on parental request.
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Chicago Action Council
Champaign
Vashti McCollum
University of Illinois
Church Federation of Greater Chicago
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Deaconsmanding
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Twin-City
Arch Council
Urbana
Iago Action Council
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Ees Liberties Committee
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of the Protesta
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Western Unitarian Conference
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War Photographer Converts to Catholic Faith Amid Heroic War Feats
In a profile by Rev. John Cavanagh, Joe Rosenthal the AP photographer behind the Iwo Jima flag-raising reveals how Catholic faith eased his fears of death. He recalls praying on perilous Pacific shores and credits his 1939 conversion for life meaning, confidence before combat, and a belief in heaven.
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Iwo Jima
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Associated Press
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A.P
South Pacific
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Pacific War
Father Con O Kelly Leaves Ring for Parish Work
Con O Kelly, former undefeated heavyweight champion of Northern England, now a 37-year-old priest, has left London to serve as a curate at the Church of Our Lady and the Apostles in Stockport. Born in Hull to a boxing family, he pursued sports for 14 years before turning to religious life at Campion House, training by Jesuit Fathers for late vocations.
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Church of Our Lady and the Apostles
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England
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Dad
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Noted Chinese Convert Taught at Indiana U
London reports Francis Yeh Ch iu Yuan a prominent Chinese Catholic layman and convert who arrived from the United States for a lecture tour. A writer, editor, and anthropologist, he joined the Church in 1940 and has taught at Indiana University and in China. He is called the Belloc of China and leads Catholic Truth Society in China.
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Britain
China
Francis Yeh Ch’iu-Yuan
United States
Yuan
John C. H. Wu
England
Catholic Church
Indiana University
Geological Society of China
Catholic Truth Society
Holy Hand of St Stephen Found in Austrian Village
Relic chronicled as one of the era’s priceless sacred items it was recovered near Mattsee Austria with Hungarian royal treasures valued at seventy five million dollars. A multinational team including Lt James Shea and several soldiers assisted in the discovery.
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Mattsee
Salzburg
James Shea
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