Britain Maintains Ban on Catholic Bishops Territorial Titles
London reports Britain's Home Secretary David Maxwell Fyfe rejected a bill to repeal an 82 year old act that bars Catholic bishops from using territorial titles. MP Cahir Healy urged repeal ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, but Fyfe warned of sectarian backlash. The Home Office enforces the status quo despite calls to reform.
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London
Home Secretary
David Maxwell Fyfe
Cathlies
Conlacle
Cahir Healy
Ieland
David
Heaty
All Ireland
Republic of Eire
Elizabeth II
Home Office
George V
Ing George VI
Hinsley
Rdinal
Westminster
Ncwc Radio and Wire
Maryknoll Sisters Open 25 New Convents in Five Years
Maryknoll Sisters have opened 25 new convents in the last five years in Asia Latin America and Africa. Projects include a 900 pupil school in Jimenez Mindanao and a new parish school in Curepto Chile. Sisters listed include Maryellaee Newark and Vincent de Paul Rattermann among others.
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Basinet Sisters
Maryknoll
N.Y
Marynoll
Jimenez
Mindanao
Pepe
Columban Fathers
Curepto
Hile
Knoll Fathers
Philippines
Hey
Indanao
Mary Mar‘ella Eee
Ambridge
Ancilla Marie (Tancy
Newark
N. J
Jeanne Therese
Oshrin
New York
Chile
Marie E (Coupe
Lansdale
R. L
Vincent de Paul
Ratermann
St. Louis
Latin America
Bolivia
Peru
Japan
Tsu
Kyoto
Hikone
Otsu
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
China
Korea
Hong Kong
Seventy Current Authors Are Listed as Converts
Newark special report notes the book Catholic Authors Contemporary Biographical Sketches lists seventy authors who converted to Catholicism. Included are Robert Gordon Anderson Gladys Baker Ann Bridge Rupert Croft-Cooke Alfred Dobin Eleanor Farjeon Gene Fowler Anne Fremantle Caroline Gordon Ilda Graef Anne Green Julian Keen Theodore Haecker George Agshawe Harrison Helen Landereth Sylvanus Griswold Morley Takashi Nagi Willis Nuty O'Hara William Aylott Orton Gretta Palmer Howard Rollin Patch Una Pope-Hennessy Edwards Rothery Edward Sackville-West William Greenough Schofield Elizabeth Sewell Naomi Royde Smith Karl Stern Richard Leroy Stokes Geoffrey Stone Allen Tate Frank Sherwood Taylor Dorothy G Wayman Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker Hans Ernst Zacharias official price $6.50.
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Newark
N. J
Atthew Hoehn
Co.s.b
St.enedict
Prearasery School
Robert Gordon Anderon
Gladys Baker
Ann Bridge
Upert Croft-Cooke
Alfred Dobin
Eleanor Farjeon
Gene Fowler
Nne Fremantle
Caroline Gordon
Ilda Graef
Anne Green
Julian Keen
Theodore Haecker
George Agshawe Harrison
Helen Lan
German Socialists Become Constantly Anticlerical
German Socialists press anticlerical line as Kurt Schumacher claims clerics and Western Allies conspire to keep Germany in bondage. The party, opposing Chancellor Adenauer, is accused of aligning with Reds to seize power, while strikes and anti Catholic school stance persist in Western Berlin. Masonry resurfaces with about 206 active lodges. NCWC Radio and Wire.
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Max Jordan
Frankfurt
German Socialist Party
Kurt Schumacher
Konrad Adenauer
Ho West
Trade Uni
Berlin
Germany
Ncwc Radio and Wire
Beatification process for Anthony Pucci in Rome noted
Chicago Servite priests travel to Rome for the June 22 beatification of Father Anthony Pucci, parish pastor of St. Anthony's in Viareggio. In Chicago, Our Lady of Sorrows will host a Solemn Mass of Love with a sermon by Father Hugh Calkins, praising Pucci as a shepherd who cared for the flock. Pucci, born 1819 and died 1892, served the poor and sick, teaching catechism and aiding parish groups, living a life of humble service.
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Anthony Pucci
St. Anthony’s
Viareggio
Italy
Chicago
Our Lady of Sorrows
Hugh Calkins
Calkins
Il Curatino
Skid Row
Charac
Father Pucci
Ars
St. Peter’s
Rome
Order of Servants of Mary
Servites
Christ
Anthony
Pius XII
Mexican Parents Demand End To State School Monopoly
The National Parents' Union in Mexico City petitions President Miguel Aleman to convene a special Congress session before year end to decree freedom of education and end the present state monopoly. The group asserts all Mexicans support educational freedom and seeks repeal of the current system.
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Aleman
Mexico City
National Parents’ Union
Miguel Aleman
Congress
Tion
Parents’ Union
Saint John the Baptist and a Mexican education petition
The article links Saint John the Baptist with church and gospel references and discusses a 1917 constitution article banning religious schools. It notes a 1934 reform aiming for socialist education and argues Article 3 is unenforceable. A Parents' Union petition urges moralization of society and voter participation in July elections for Congress and the Presidency.
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Mexico
Parents’ Union
Congress
Ncwc Wire
Beatus a3 ne WI De KHECIAE Beatification in Chicago Church
Relics of Blessed Anthony are venerated during solemn services at Our Lady of Sorrows church Chicago led by the Servites to mark his beatification. The ceremonies are described in a terse historical note from the era.
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Anthony
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Chicago
Faulhaber Mighty Foe of Nazi Fanaticism
Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber dies at 83 after a life defending the church and opposing Nazi excesses. He survived an assassin’s attempt and a home stoning, was honored with Germany’s Grand Cross, and counted Pope Pius XII as a friend. Born March 5 1869 in Bavaria, he was ordained in 1892 and served 41 years as a bishop. Death reported June 5.
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Max Jordan
Munich
Michael von Faulhaber
Cardinal von Faulhaber
Order of Merit
Pius XII
Eugenio Pacelli
Holy Father
Germany
Theodor Heuss
Konrad Adenauer
Cardinal
Bavaria
Speyer
Rome
Lafayette in Georgetown mark of Catholic Patriot anniversary
A column weighs Lafayette’s Catholic identity and possible Freemason ties. It cites Clement XII’s 1738 papal condemnation of Freemasonry, argues Catholics cannot pledge secrecy conflicting with religious duties, and notes historians like Theodore Maynard identifying Lafayette as a Catholic alongside other officers who aided American independence.
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Marquis de Lafayette
Georgetown
S. Car
Lafayette
America
Masons
Clement XII
Freemasons
Pulaski
Kosciusko
de Grasse
Rochambeau
d’Estaing
United States
Came From Great Families of France Lafayette
A note on Lafayette as a hereditary noble from renowned French lineages appears on page 3 column 3, pointing to a historical context or genealogical feature.
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France
Lafayette
Indispensable Support For Papacy Highlighted At Notre Dame
Bishop Leo A. Pursley of Fort Wayne told the Catholic Press Association that the popes of this century have had indispensable support from church publications in fighting rationalism materialism secularism and neo paganism. He spoke at the 42nd annual convention Mass for deceased members held in 1952 at the University of Notre Dame with Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste of Belleville Illinois celebrating.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Leo A. Pursley
Fort Wayne
Ishop Pursley
Catholic Press Association
University of Notre Dame
Albert R. Zuroweste
Belleville
Ill
POAU Pushes Back on Archbishop Cicognani Diplomatic Status
Washington reports indicate the POAU questioned Archbishop Cicognani’s U S diplomatic status. Dr Glenn L Archer claimed the delegate has a visitor's permit since 1938 while Homer Byington Jr noted the Archbishop holds a diplomatic passport and visa but not official status. Officials cite established procedure allowing diplomatic dignitaries with passports temporary visitor visas without implying official status.
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Washington
POAU
Separation of Church and State
United States
Apos
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Glenn L. Archer
Homer M. Byington, Jr
State Department
Office of
Western European Affairs
Western European Affairs. Dr. Archer
U.S
Byington
Cicognani
Archbishop Stepinac Prisoner Under Tito Regime
Rev. Joseph B. Koncius of Yonkers New York reports from Yugoslavia that Titoland is as Communist as the Soviet Union and Archbishop Stepinac is a virtual prisoner. Krasic village is under 24 hour police watch and the prelate is confined until 1962. Churches taxed 40 to 70 percent of collections and religious instruction limited to Mass. Many priests are imprisoned for private teaching and arrests of dissidents continue.
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Munich
Joseph B. Koncius
Yonkers
N.Y
Yugoslavia
Aloysius Stepinac
Titoland
Reds
Father Koncius
United Lithuanian Relief Fund of America
Stepinac
Krasic
Krasie
Tito
Koncius
Belgrade
Ncwc Radio
Jand
High Army Officer Becomes Priest in Pittsburgh
The Rev. Joseph A. Duchene C.S.Sp. sang his First Solemn Mass at St. Bernard's church in Pittsburgh after World War II service as a lieutenant colonel and Army Commendation Medal recipient. He studied at Duquesne University, joined the Holy Ghost Fathers' novitiate, and was ordained after Norwalk seminary. The Very Rev Vernor F Gallagher preached at the mass. his parents live in Pittsburgh.
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Joseph A. Duchene
C.s.sp
U. S. Army
Iwo Jima
St. Bernard’s Church
Pittsburgh
Holy Ghost Fathers’ Seminary
Norwalk
Conn
Father Duchene
Asia Could Be Converted By Brian Doyle
Report on the first congress of Asian Catholic students in Melbourne Australia with delegates from India Ceylon Philippines Malaya Dakarta and Bangkok. Papers note poverty illiteracy primitive farming industrialization risks religious balance and Catholic penetration across Asia.
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Brian Doyle
Melbourne
Australia
Asia
India
Ceylon
Philippines
Malaya
Dakarta
Bangkok
Woman joins Catholic faith with family in Evanston
Mrs. Fred Aimone a Brigham Young descendant and her husband and 11 year old daughter were baptized into the Catholic Church in Evanston Wyoming. The Rev Edward Cassidy conducted the baptisms with other family members present.
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Evanston, Wyo
Fred Aimone
Brigham Young
Utah
Edward Cassidy
Christian Social Order Coming Says Cardinal at Loyola
Cardinal Samuel Stritch told 650 Loyola University graduates in Chicago that a Christian social order is possible and urges individuals to hasten that day by living up to their personal responsibilities before God.
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Chicago
Samuel Stritch
Loyola University
Blind Vets Leader Earns Magna Cum Laude Arts Degree
Peter J. McKenna Jr president of the Blinded Veterans of World War II receives a BA magna cum laude at Catholic University of America. He wed his nurse Mary Elizabeth Johns amid the ceremony. next fall he pursues a master’s in vocational counseling. Other graduates include John E Mattingly and Bradshaw spouses. Brother John Kavanagh noted.
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Peter McKenna, Jr
Blinded Veterans of World Arts
Catholic University of America
Washington
Blinded Veterans’ Association
Peter J. McKenna, Jr
Mary Elizabeth Johns
Browerville
Minn
McKenna
Sell
Germany
University of Minnesota
John E. Mattingly
Mount Ranier
Catholic University
Ian "P. Bradshaw
University
Bradshaw
Milltown
N Z
Anne Rosier Bradshaw
Farmington
John Kavanagh
F.S.C
Brooklyn Police Department
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