Mason Says Vatican Library Taught Him Humans Are Decent
A Ottawa rare book dealer describes learning understanding and respect from the Vatican Library after a purchase offer for Vatican charity aided volumes. He notes no price list and no questions about religion, praising Cardinal Mercati and planning to donate proceeds to a Montreal hospital for crippled children. The tale contrasts with Canterbury and Mecca attempts and recalls Knights of Columbus aid.
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Mason
Vatican Library
Ottawa
Ont
Old Authors Farm
Vatican Charities
Cardinal Mercati
Vatican
Montreal
Canterbury
Mecca
U.S
Catholic Princess Joanna No bilis and Sardhana’s Catholic Principality
A historical sketch of Joanna No bilis who ruled Sardhana in the Archdiocese of Agra in the early 1800s. Baptized in 1791, she forged a Christian community with officers and families, built a church, and maintained a treaty with British authorities until her death. Catholic institutions persist in Sardhana.
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Colombo
Ceylon
India
Joanna Nobilis
Sardhana
Agra
Walter Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Joanna
Tibet
Aplain
Julus Caesar Scotti
East India Company
Rome
Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman
NCWC
Radio and Wire
Free Labor School Opens in Los Angeles Mexican District
The Padre Serra Labor School in Los Angeles offers an eight week program for workers in the Mexican district. Led by Rev. Joseph Kearney, it features instructors from labor and community groups including Father Thaddeus Shabida and Councilman Edward solo, aiming to aid labor relations and skills.
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Los Angeles
Mexico City
Padre Serra Labor School
Joseph Kearney
Catholic Labor Institute
Father Kearney
A. F. of L. Musicians’ Union
Bob Crosby
Bobcats
Crosby
Father Thomas Coogan
Thaddeus Shabida
Thomas Talavera
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Edward Ao 4Bal
Anthony Rios
Community Service Organization
NCWC
Listening In Let Us Look at the Real Luther
A radio feature critiques the Luther film as propaganda and unhistorical. It notes Luther was gifted but fallible, and argues the Reformation’s moral aims were driven by princes seeking Catholic estates. It discusses indulgences, St Peter’s Fund, and Tetzel's theology with cautionary nuance.
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Luther
Martin Luther
Luther on Indulgences Sermon and Revolt Timing
The 1516 sermon delivered July 27 argues indulgences cover temporal punishment, require true contrition or confession for plenary remission, and rest on Christ and saints’ merits. It defends offering indulgences despite later opposed stance amid his revolt, noting usefulness of indulgences with proper reverence.
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Christ
Luther
Luther's Critique of Indulgences and Local Abuses
The text discusses Martin Luther's advocacy against the doctrine of indulgences as taught in 1516 and his attacks beginning in 1517. It notes his focus on abuses in his neighborhood and mentions charges by him and his followers being spread with additions. It asserts that the Catholic Church has never taught that indulgences can be bought.
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Martin Anh
Luther
Siduleteoes
Tetzel's Notions Proved Untrue in Reformation Debate
The article refutes Tetzel's indulgence claims, stating that grace is needed and that indulgences apply to souls only through divine wisdom. It notes the Papal Bull did not sanction Tetzel's doctrine and recalls Luther's challenge on the church door at Wittenberg.
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Tetzel
Pastor
Luther
Wittenberg
Bishops Warn Extermination of Religion by Reds
The British bishops report persecution across 11 countries, citing four bishops murdered and 886 priests killed or jailed. They detail suppressions from Albania to Yugoslavia, noting expulsions, executions, and closures of religious houses and schools as part of a global anti religious campaign.
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London
Reliciana Lifa
Nam
Eds
England
Wales
Albania
Apostolic Delegate
Bulgaria
China
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Poland
Romania
Transcarpathia
Russia
Yugoslavia
Ncwc Radio and Wire
Holy See weighs miracles in causes of three candidates
The Sacred Congregation of Rites reviewed miracles cited in two beatification cases and one canonization case. The subjects include Blessed Gaspar del Rufalo and Marcellino Champagnat with their American links, and Elena Guerra founder of the Oblates. They also considered public veneration for Jean Gaillhac and heroic virtue for Maria Emilia Fristel.
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Vatican
City
Sacred Congregation of Rites
Gaspar del Rufalo
Congregation of the Most Precious Blood
Dayton
Niles
Marcellino Champagnat
Marist Brothers of the Schools
United States
Esopus
N.Y
Elena Guerra
Oblates of the Holy Ghost
Sisters of St. Zita
Sacred Congregation
Jean Gaillhac
Institute of the Sacred Heart of the Immaculate Virgin Mary
Servant of God
Maria Emilia Fristel
Lost Jeep Inspires Odd Lost and Found Note
In Nippon News lost and found a Jeep containing wife and picnic items were found in a pothole between Yokohama and Fujisawa. The finder may keep the jeep and picnic articles but should return the wife due to sentimental attachment.
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Tokyo
Pulaski
Lost and Found
The
Nippon News
Yokohama
Fujisawa
Tito Army Bans Mass in Gorizia Troop Tensions Rise
Croat Catholic soldiers report Colonel Drash kovich of the Yugoslav forces in Gorizia declares there is no room for Holy Masses. Red officers seize prayer books and crucifixes, fueling clashes with non Communist Croats as tensions mount within the detachment.
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Trieste
Tito
Drashkovich
Gorizia
Commie
Saint Charles Borromeo a reformer and early educator leader
St Charles Borromeo, nephew of Pius IV, governed Milan and the Papal States as a cardinal and bishop. He reassembled the Council of Trent’s third session in 1562, promoted church reform, and founded thousands of Sunday school teachers and students. He died November 3–4, 1584, and was canonized in 1610 with feast day November 4.
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St. Charles
Pa Pius IV
Milan
Papal States
Charles
Pius IV
Trent
Frederick Borro
Meo
Pisce
Wly
Robert Raikes
Paul V
Canavan
Charles Borromeo
Pilgrims At Fatima Brave Worst Weather For Anniversary
In Fatima Portugal more than 100000 pilgrims from many nations braved windrain to mark the 36th anniversary of the apparitions. A Mass schedule ran from 4 am to 10 am as Fatima’s crowds gathered around the Chapel of the Apparitions and candles lit the square.
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Martin Armstrong
Fatima
Portugal
Our Lady of Fatima
Austria
Germany
Elgium
France
Italy
England
Ireland
India
U.S
Basilica
Seistan
Adeus
NCWC
Bentley Finds Faith After Communist Past in Louisiana
Elizabeth Bentley told the Lafayette Diocesan Council of Catholic Women in New Iberia that she escaped materialism and embraced faith after years as an undercover FBI agent. Now teaching at the Call of the Sacred Heart in Coteau, La., she urged zeal for faith equal to that once given to communism.
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New Iberia
Elizabeth Bentley
Lafayette Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
Bentley
FBI
Zoueaer Red
Call of the Sacred Heart
Coteau
Lutherans Run 1441 Parochial Schools in U S and Canada
Lutherans in the United States and Canada operate 1,441 parochial schools with 122 9 pupils. Of these 1,145 are run by the Missouri Synod. The denomination also operates 15,635 Sunday schools and 9,195 vacation Bible schools.
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New York
U.S
Canada
The
Missouri Synod
Klan Leader Denounces Organization From Prison
Thomas L Hamilton, imprisoned Imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, denounces the Klan and urges disbandment. He is serving a four year term for plotting night riding terror in Columbus County, North Carolina, and says former associates would serve themselves and society by quitting the Klan.
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Klan
Whiteville
N. Car
Thomas Lamilton
Imperializard
Ku Klux Klan
Jumbus County
Kian
Nation Ready To End School Segregation Say NCWC Survey
A 1953 civil rights survey by the Interracial Bureau of the NCWC Social Action Department reports broad public acceptance of banning segregation in public schools. It notes Supreme Court term decisions likely on school segregation and stresses that progress depends on community adaptation and broader integration. The Ford Foundation funds a major study on equality and the impact of integration efforts in education.
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Washington
Ncwc Social Action Department
Supreme Court
Margaret Garrity
Ford Foundation
U. S
Esse
Southern Regional Council
NCWC
Catholic Youth Convention Draws Delegations to Boston
Delegates from Canada and as far as Hawaii will join nearly 1000 attendees at the National Catholic Youth convention in Boston November 5 to 8. The NCWC Youth Department reports 200 delegations registered, with 30 from Buffalo Diocese. others include Detroit Newark Toledo and several archdioceses. Monsignor Joseph Schieder will chair, and topics cover reaching teens not in Catholic schools among other youth issues.
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Washington
Canada
Hawaii
Boston
NCWC
Buffalo
Detroit
Newark
Toledo
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
San Antonio
St. Louis
la Fayette
Ind
Fargo
Ste
Out
National Catholic Camping Association
Nation Conference On Catholic Youth
Monsignor
Joseph Schieder
Japan
Unesco
J. Eugene Eiselein
Leonard E. Weber
Crookston
Korean Smuggles Miraculous Medal Out in Communist Toothpaste
The tale from Kaesong tells how Peter Lee, a young South Korean Catholic, hid a Miraculous Medal in toothpaste while imprisoned by Communist forces. Lee endured 27 months of captivity, refused to join the Reds, and later recounted brutal indoctrination and health hardships.
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Seoul
Korea
Peter Lee
Reds
Patrick Connor
S.S.C
Lee
Kaesong
38Th Parallel
Theepublic of Korea
Refi
Reds’ “Patriots
Matthias. Kim
Lage
INCWC
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Fourth Army
Charles Marie Frank
Sisters of Charit of the Incarnate Word
Tex
Augusta L.short
Ft. Sam Houston
St. Peter’s
Holy See
John Tetzel
Catholic F
U. S. Patent Office
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Marling
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