PRESST INSIDE RUSSIA Debates Reds in the Church
In a crowded Samarkand train compartment on a journey from Tashkent to Samarkand, Father Georges Bissonnette recalls heated conversations with a Russian historian and Uzbek guide. They debate American lynching, Howard Fast, Cardinal Spellman, Stalin, and church life, amid train delays, meals, and visits to madrasahs and Timurlane’s Mausoleum.
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