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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1945
Page
7
The article recounts Father MeGuire C M arriving in China to aid in Kiangsi amid Communist pressure. It notes years of terror, mission work, and the church’s relief efforts as thousands travel 8000 miles to reach areas held by Communist forces.
A Catholic Book Week event in St. Louis Missouri is planned with a two month span from June 15. Brother J C is identified as a director of the association and the program centers on a theme of Peace Christian within Catholic outreach.
A French nun, among nine sisters and five English nuns, returns to Montreal after internment in Besançon and Paris. She was separated from her group, reported to the Nazis, and is now with her son in Canada, hailed for devotion to France.
A local church event in Chicago focusing on family themes organized by Rev. James C. Curry. The observance involves divisions managed by the Council of Catholic Women with planned sessions over the next few weeks.
A fragmented report from Paragat discusses an unnamed trial in India. It mentions Joseph and Erion with unclear roles and cryptic references to a bin or gapster. Further readable context is limited.
In Europe and Asia war memories mix with calls for peace as Pope Pius XII’s 1939 plea echoes. A U S Army unit travels by Indian locomotive toward Jairamnagar, sharing prayers, stories, and a railway whistle that unites priests, officers, and soldiers across cultures.
Archbishop Conrad Groeber of Freiburg im Breisgau delivers a forthright Easter pastoral condemning Nazi rule. He cites deceit, Weltanschauung ideology, and brutal acts, accusing leaders of misusing power, corrupt education, and diverting funds to armaments. He warns against widespread complicity and calls for moral reckoning.
Paris report notes V-bomb strikes damaged many areas as residents in Antwerp braved danger to attend Sunday Mass. St. Laurens in the new part suffered ruins while the Cathedral and several old city churches remained standing. More than 56,000 homes were destroyed as 400,000 inhabitants returned to ruined lives. Liege also endured severe damage.
Reported by NCWC News Service, widespread joy after the European war end featured prayer. In Rome Te Deum at St John Lateran and Solemn Mass at Gesu attended by church officials and Allied priests. similar services held in Jerusalem and Brussels with Cardinal Van Roey leading. Germany’s Nazi collapse eases church persecution. Catholics fill surviving churches and unite to face postwar challenges.
Soviet authorities screen a 30 minute religious film amid limited religious activity in Russia. A woman recalls finally attending church after years as her husband permits it. The state restricts religious freedom to the Orthodox Church and bans active Catholic operations.
Bishop Paul Yu pin Vicar Apostolic of Nanking and an unofficial representative of Chiang Kai-shek at the United Nations conference argues that real peace rests on hard facts and practical brotherhood not slogans. He supports collective security and warns unanimity among the Big Five hampers action, urging inflexible principles and respect for humanity as the foundation of lasting peace.
Pope XII warns that those who ignore church authority invite calamity and urges restored ties between Church and state in Europe. He expresses satisfaction with France and de Gaulle's efforts toward peace and collaboration, stressing dialogue over force.
A fragmentary note claims a Prussian prince linked his Nazi ties to Catholic conflicts in 1934. Father Anton Hamm of a social group provides a partial confirmation, but the source text is unclear and repetitious.
In Regensburg Bavaria concerns rise over the fate of diocesan ordinaries in Reich territory now in Soviet held areas. Most Rev Conrad Count is forced to move to a Berlin suburb and his whereabouts are unknown. Similar unknown fate reported for Most Maximilian Bishop of Armia Ermiland in Prussia. No further news on these church leaders.
The 150th anniversary of St Marys Catholic Church in Alexandria Virginia will be celebrated on Pentecost Sunday May 20 with a Solemn Pontifical Mass by Bishop Peter L Ireton. The history recalls Washingtons support in 1778 and the churches founding by Father Neale and Col Fitzgerald with land donated by Robert Hope. A commemorative book One Hundred and Fifty Years for Christ is published under Father Stephens with letters from Church officials and historical photos.
Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower’s chief of staff during World War II, is revealed to be an alumnus of Sts. Peter and Paul’s boys’ school in Indianapolis. The article notes his rise from private to lieutenant general, his WII service, and marriage to Mary Leanor Cline.
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