Review of Case Prints Rebuke to Fr Leonard Feeney
Boston priest rebuked for extreme views on salvation outside the church. Maryknoll bishop Francis X. Ford, born in Brooklyn, died in a Chinese prison after maltreatment. Sister Jean Marie Ryan describes his capture, torture, and death, noting starvation and exhaustion as likely causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Holy See
Leonard Feeney
Hong Kong
Francis X. Ford
Kaying
Maryknoller
Thomas J. Bauer
NOWC
China
Maryknoll
N. Y
A.sane
Knoll
Ford
Peanie
Jean Marie Ryan
Ronx
Nton
Meihsien
Kaag
Canton
Meihsiena
Jean Marie
Feeney Case Rebuffed by Holy Office Over Salvation Rule
The Holy Office in Vatican City rejects Father Feeney and his followers doctrine that outside the Church there is no salvation. The 1949 decree condemns extremism in interpreting Catholic doctrine and maintains salvation requires union with the Church by desire or explicit incorporation. The article notes Indian missions and encyclicals reference salvation through the Church and warns against erroneous teachings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leonard Feeney
Holy See
Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office
Vatican City
Father Feeney
English Felt Cheated By Gregorian Calendar
The Times notes England skipped 11 days in 1752 when Sept 2 was followed by Sept 14 to align with Pope Gregory XIII reform. Many believed they lost days of life and wages. Tax records still mark the year start as March 25 to Jan 1 and tomb dates in Westminster Abbey show the confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Times
England
Gregory XIII
Lord Chesterfield
Westminster Abbey
Government approves 13 hospital projects costing 11 million
The U S Public Health Service authorized 13 Catholic hospital projects costing about 11 million dollars under the controlled materials plan. Notable items include 100 bed Mercy hospital addition in Aurora Illinois and 85 bed Grand Rapids hospital expansion. Other large boosts involve a 50 bed St Joseph’s Riverside in Warren Ohio and a nurses’ home for Mercy Altoona Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Mercyile Sanatorium
Aurora
A 'S Hospital
Grand Rapids
Mich
Aear
Ad. Heart
Ft. Madison
St. Joseph’s Riverside Hospital
Warren
Mer Heel
Altoona
Clare’s Oats
New York
St. Joah’s
Bryan
Tex
Acred Heart, Hospital
Loup Ae Neb
Mary Providence
Institute For
Chicago
Wieth
Bon Secours Hospital
Grosse Pointe
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Omaha
St. John’s Hos Brabo
Monsignor O Grady Named to Truman Immigration Study Panel
Monsignor O Grady named to a seven member commission created by the President to study immigration difficulties. The panel aims to assess effects of the national origin quota on U S foreign policy and the need for emergency authority amid refugee and escapee pressures in Western Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsignor O'Grady
Truman Board
Washington
John O’grady
Naional Conference of Catholic Charities
Congress
Sevenman
Philip B. Perlman
Earl G
Rrison
U. S
Immigration and Naturalization
Grady
Thomas C. Finucane
Justice Department
Board of Immigration Appeals
Adrian S. Fisher
Thaddeus’ F. Gullixson
Lutheran Theological Seminary of
Europe
Ncwg Wire
Bishop of Lourdes refuses comfort of privilege at shrine
The Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, 58, rode to the Lourdes grotto on an ambulance with 1,200 sick pilgrims during the 79th national pilgrimage. Seriously ill after a heart attack, he urged being taken to the grotto to bless the diocese and honor pilgrims, defying concerns over prudence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Theas
Tarbes
Lourdes
Theas
Heartening Move Toward Church Unity From Lund Conference
The World Conference of the World Council of Churches in Lund Sweden urges Christian unity across Protestant and Catholic lines. A committee led by Archbishop Angus Dun calls for obedience to the one Gospel and explores the Mystical Body of Christ concept as Catholics see it, stressing the need for closer ties in mission to the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Conference of False Order
World Council of Churches
Land
Sweden
Angus Dun
Protestant Episcopal
Washington
D.C
Church of Christ
Holy Father
God
Papal
Christ
Lithuanians Appeal to Pope for Aid as Nation Faces Annihilation
The Vatican received a dramatic appeal from Lithuanians resisting Soviet occupation. They warn that within five years there may be no Lithuanian people unless aid arrives soon. The letter pleads for help, describes hunger fear and loss of rights, and asks the Holy Father to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lithuania
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Holy Father
School Strike Over Anti Catholic Move Halts Classes
In Glasgow Protestant parents kept 204 pupils from attending as 80 Catholic children were temporarily moved into the school. Only 141 Protestant roll calls were answered. The Catholic pupils were housed in two vacant classrooms with their teachers. The head teacher and Catholic pastor had agreed to the move, sparking a mass meeting where parents demanded consultation. The strike remained unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Esther Harvey
Anselm Shelde
St. John’s Mission School
Arizona
Mae
Alaska
Miss
Sonal
Caegono
Larmer
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
Leo Canavan
Edward Henriques
C.F.M
Indian Sentinel
Fe Bureau of Indian Missions
H Street N.W
Washington, D
Glasgow
Holy Name Men Line Up Catholic Workmen
More than 25 000 Catholics attended a Labor Day de marking the Puerto Rican Holy Name society convention in Rio Piedras. Bishops James P. David and James E. McManus and Rev Harry C. Graham reviewed the event. The society plans no fewer than 50 local unions in six months and trains 100 leaders with priests assigned to the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Piedras
Puerto Rico
Holy Name Society
James P. David
San Juan
James E. McManus
Ponce
Harry C. Graham
O.P
United States
Rome School Proposed For Women Religious
At an official conference in Rome Mothers General of pontifical right congregations worldwide discuss a proposed higher education school for women religious offering religious and social education. They also consider a central consultative commission for women religious and a similar project for men religious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Mothers General
Pontifical Right
U. S
Buffalo Chaplain Nuwer to Retire After Austria Service
Chaplain Protonotary Apostolic Col. Roman J. Nuwer of Buffalo New York will retire from the army after returning from Austria where he has served over seven years. He led St. Mary of Sorrows parish in Buffalo prior to enlistment and spent 24 years as a Buffalo diocese priest. A World War veteran he was honored as Protonotary Apostolic by Pius XII. His brother Frank Nuwer resides in Lancaster New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roman J. Nuwer
Buffalo
N. Y
Austria
U. S
Armed Services
St. Mary of Sorrows Church
Pius XII
Frank Nuwer
Lancaster
St Francis Hour Enters Seventh Year On Radio
The Hour of St. Francis enters its seventh year on air with an audience estimate near 15 million across 600 stations. Originating in 1946 with 40 outlets, it now broadcasts coast to coast and internationally including Canada Hawaii Australia New Zealand and the Philippines. Hollywood stars and noted radio talents crown the program with frequent top names such as Loretta Young Rosalind Russell Gene Lockhart and Richard Basehart among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
St. Francis
The
Hour
U. S
Canada
Hawaii
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Fiji Islands
India
Ceylon
Robert Ryan
Loretta Young
MacDonald Carey
Rosalind Russell
Stephen McNally
Charles Laughton
Wallace Ford
Joanie, Blyth
Richard Basehor
June Hes
Ric Ase Une Ver
Gene Lockhart
Godlessness No Longer Considered Fashionable
The Bishops of Germany at the 86th Fulda conference declare that godlessness is no longer fashionable despite mass defections from God. They urge using pleasures to aid the Church and note many educated people are returning to God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Fulda
Hops
Sought Baptism Site of Kateri Tekakwitha Revealed
Excavation at Caughnawaga Fonda New York seeks the bark chapel where Kateri Tekakwitha was baptized in 1676 as part of a Mohawk village dig. The project, led by Father Thomas Grassman OFM, notes artifacts and post molds while noting the girl’s later veneration as Venerable since 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonda
N. Y
Kateri Tekakwitha
Caughna Waga
Thomas Grassman
O.F.M
St. Peter
James
Lamberville
S.J
Montreal
Canada
Father Assman
Caughnawaga
Father Grossman
New York State
Ncwc Wire
Catholic Schools Enroll Above Four Million Students
Washington reports the total fall enrollment in Catholic schools will exceed 4,000,000. Dr Urban Fleege of the National Catholic Educational Association cites 3,088,000 elementary students, 607,511 secondary students, and an optimistic 332,000 in higher education, for a total of 4,027,511.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Urban Fleege
National Catholic Educational Association
Fleege
New Mexico State University
NCWC
Bible copy insured at three hundred thousand dollars
The Library of Congress displays a multimillion-dollar Bible collection including the Gutenberg Bible and the Great Bible on vellum. A perfect Guamvers Bible copy on vellum was insured for 300000 dollars after removal during Bible week events. The exhibit runs through October 30 with a September 30 ceremony tied to a Gutenberg stamp release.
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Thomas E. Krsstine
Washington
United States
Library of Congress
Congress
Johann Gutenberg
Post Office Department
Mainz
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Compiegne
Waalien Germany
Pax Christi League
Ncwc Radio and Wire
Holy Name
Rome
Protonotary Apostolic
St. Francis’ Hour
IST
Lessi
Rosenwald
Jenkingtown
Isaias
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