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Catholic Church Faces Critical Test in Eastern Europe
In five Soviet-influenced states Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Yugoslavia Romania the Catholic Church's struggle with communist regimes unfolds through a pattern from targeting church structures to suppressing Catholic schooling and lay groups. The piece details steps used to erode Catholic influence and cites Yugoslavia's 1946 prosecution of Archbishop Stepinac as emblematic of mounting pressure on church leadership.
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Catholic Church
Eastern
Europe
Vatican City
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hunary
Yugoslavia
Romania
Seige
Vatican
Josef Cardinal Lindszenty
Hungary
Pope Pius XII
Catholic Action
Croatia
Slovenia
Serbia
Alojzinje
Stepinac
Zagreb
Tito
Dubrovnik
Kruzevec
Germogen
Popp
Hafti
Muftiteh
Mostar
Crotia
Vatican Radio
Nero
Rome
Cardinal Mindszenty
Treat
Slovakia
Bohemia and
Moravia
Eduard Benes