This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 31 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1945
Page
9
Wartime notes describe German prisoners of war displaying heightened piety as Christmas approaches. Priests and bishops in camps discuss how faith is kept alive amid captivity, with some suggesting ceremonial observances and renewed devotion as a moral focus.
The Holy See authorized the publication of a study detailing excavations at St Peter's tomb. The volume, delayed by printing shortages, is expected to illuminate the tomb's location. The piece also notes wartime Catholic mass practices in prisoner camps and related clerical issues.
Historian Rev John Tracy Ellis of Catholic University will deliver a Memorial Day 1945 address on the meaning of the holiday. The Holy Name College choir will provide music.
More than a million French homes have dedicated themselves to the Sacred Heart. On Sunday June 17 the Act of Consecration will be renewed on Montmartre, the hill above Paris where the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart stands. Most of France’s archbishops are expected to participate.
Father Provincial of the Society of the Divine Savior issues a message inviting earnest youths to join a parish mission and priestly education. He notes laity education lectures, Latin courses, and aid from benefactors for those unable to pay.
A motion picture titled The Belle of St Marys stars Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman as a priest and a nun. Produced by REO Ro nan and Leo McCarey, the project follows the creators of Going My Way in a Catholic themed drama currently in development.
A motion picture deal has been closed for These Two by Edward J. Edwards. The Bruce publisher will cooperate with Fox Film to adapt the book. Edwards, a missionary in the Philippines and China, has ties to the hospital in Tucson, Arizona.
The Basilica of St Anthony in Padua, an ancient university city in northern Italy, remained mostly undamaged by the war. Only a few windows were damaged by nearby bomb blasts, while artworks and architectural features largely survive.
The Archdiocese in Chile reluctantly granted a Mass in gratitude for Mussolini, requested by Italian colonists and held in a church seen as their parish home. Officials note the Mass was approved as a church function, separate from a separate Te Deum for peace in Europe and a Roosevelt memorial service.
The House Foreign Affairs committee approved a resolution to establish an international office of education after hearing testimony. The late Rt. Rev. Monsignor Johnson urged the office could play a key role in peacemaking and postwar healing, shaping the record with his article.
Canada’s Catholic bishops back beatification efforts for Venerable Dominic Barberi a Passionist priest who aided Catholic revival in the last century Archbp Griffin notes a petition from all Canadian bishops to Rome and praises Barberi for converting English Catholics and for bringing John Henry Newman into the Church in 1845.
The Very Rev Vladimir V Alsseniner former Archbishop elect of the Pacific Coast and Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church died in a Baltimore hospital. In the summer of 1933 he entered the Catholic Church and resigned his Orthodox jurisdiction before consecration.
Rev. Timothy J. Mulvey,O.M.I. receives first prize in a Religious Broadcast category at an Ohio educational institute exhibition for a radio program on NBC and National Council of Catholic Men. The citation praises the program for excellent biographical drama highlighting religious experiences and spiritual values.
Chicago reports that over 20 million Catholic reading pieces have been distributed through Cook General Hospital, hotels, rail stations, army camps, POW camps, and homes. In one week 2000 Registers were sent by Frank S Estis, who has spent 20 years in his self-described apostolate of visitation.
A British Commonwealth Catholic population figure is 20,435,419 with 1,845 elementary schools serving about 379 pupils per school and 559 secondary schools, about 61,000 in England and Wales. It notes 25 Catholic MPs and mentions war chaplains and worship in the armed forces.
The Te Deum organized by the French minister Chevalier de la Luzerne was sung on Sunday November 4 at old St Mary’s church Philadelphia. A procession along the public street included representatives of the victorious armies of the young republic and France and local officials from the Pennsylvania Assembly and Council. Abbe Bandole delivered an oration for the occasion amid the ceremonial pageantry.
Dr. Max Jordan, NCWC News Service war correspondent in Germany, is named an honorary member of the Lee?en and Twain society for his work and service.
Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, head of the Office of Strategic Services, is named by Justice Robert H. Ja to assist in prosecuting Europe's war crimes. Donovan, a Buffalo, New York native, studied Nazi fifth column techniques and rose to full colonel while commanding the 165th.
Dr. Richard Pattee of the National Catholic Welfare Conference will address NBC Catholic Hour on May 27 and June 3. He will discuss Human Rights In the Post War World and Social Progress In the Post War World as part of a series featuring outstanding lay men at the United Nations conference in San Francisco.
Achmed Abdullah, playwright and author of adventure tales, died of a heart ailment in New York on his birthday May 13. He was born Muslim, served as a British army officer in the last war, and died a Catholic, per Newsweek.
A Tarawa battle themed drama recounts a marine’s loss and renewal of faith, centered on Red Beach No 1 and a combat correspondent’s eye witness account. The radio program airs Sunday May 27, from the Ave Maria Hour, produced by Franciscan Friars of Graymoor.
Trieste Italy witnesses rising tension as Yugoslav Partisan forces seize control. Priests nuns and Italian democrats fear for safety while Tito troops commandeer institutions. Bishop Antonio Santin remains a tolerated public defender for Italian interests amid arrests and internments.
Father O Callahan a Jesuit priest known as the bravest man aboard the stricken carrier Franklin. He helped fight fires jettison bombs and led damage control as the ship limped home to Brooklyn with about 300 men. Born 1905 in Cambridge he taught at Boston College Georgetown and Holy Cross and served at Pearl Harbor and in French Morocco.
In June the Society for the Propagation of the Faith presents Eighty Million Mohammedans Living in India as its mission focus. It notes about one fifth of India's population is Muslim, six centuries after Fra Jordanus warned of Muslim hostility. Today around 20 percent are Muslim and about 1 percent Catholic.
Pope Pius XII urged resuming world wide sport with international matches to counteract excessive nationalism. In a May 20 address to 10 000 athletes in St Damasus court he said sport should serve daily toil and family duties and be tied to spiritual development.
Comstock Park Michigan reports Bishop Adolf Bolte named as Auxiliary to the Bishop see Dietz in Germany. He is the nephew of Rev Charles Bolte pastor of Holy Trinity Church Alpine Comstock Park R R L. The paper notes the appointment follows earlier news about Bolte and his relation to the U S priest.
Classified ad seeking a Catholic housekeeper for a Priest at the Church of Corpus Christi in Newcastle Wyoming. The note references ad rates and payment requirements for newspaper publication.
A fragmented OCR snapshot shows scattered items including a 25¢ diamond listing, an address in McAdoo Pennsylvania, mentions of Nurses Training Schools, photo finishing services with a strong emphasis on color work, and an ad seeking a General Secretary assistant executive secretary. The text is garbled with multiple place names like Minneapolis Minnesota and Janesville Wisconsin.
A Redemptorist Father tells of Father Rigter a Vincentian missionary in Hamadan Iran who endures winter cold sleeping by a small fire his cough worsens and he travels miles on foot to bring Christ to his people He has no chapel as soldiers failed to help build one after thirty years in Hamadan and he came from Holland.
A stray OCR fragment mentions Ayrouth related to a soldier and aid for a school with a hundred dollar goal. No clear dates or names are readable.
A historical survey discusses the Great Schism, the primacy of Peter, and the split between the Roman and Greek churches. It traces the roles of Constantinople, Cerularius, and later patriarchs, noting ongoing disputes over primacy and apostolic succession.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.