Prayer and prophecy mark the year’s end from a Catholic pen
A sermon reflects on Aristophanes as satire then shifts to faith and world events. It laments the Cold War split, notes Christmas joy, Lourdes celebration, and Vatican leadership while urging steadfast devotion to Mary and God as 1959 approaches with uncertain outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
NATO
Italy
Pope Pius XII
Pope John XXIII
St. Peter
Lourdes
Menon
India
Babel
Heaven
Simeon
Mary
Israel
Joseph the Just Man
Bethlehem
Chang-Kai-Shek
Norstad
Portugal
Iron Curtain
Red China recognition foes issue diatribe from Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh diocesan statement opposes recognizing Red China and warns that U S policy could become apathetic toward human rights abuses. The document cites Soviet and Wall Street Journal analyses predicting China’s influence expanding through Asia and Africa if the United States relaxes stance. It notes Western powers’ strategic evasions and shifts toward looser trade with Peiping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wall Street Journal
Washington
United States
Peiping
Letter Home From Rome
A correspondent describes Rome’s cat culture and the Roman sense of pride in a harsh world. He links Roman attitude to a broader critique of Red China’s peasants and the spread of communal living, urging readers to oppose trade with slave labor economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red China
Reader praises Constance Greystan poem Midnight Mass
A Texas Catholic reader commends the recently published poem Midnight Mass by Constance Greystan. The letter praises its sublimity and depth and notes the writer will share copies with friends. The writer extends sincere appreciation to the publication for presenting a poetic masterpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Greystan
Holy Innocents and Nativity Masses Weekly Litany
The excerpt lists a sequence of liturgical observances for late December and early January. It names Holy Innocents, St. Thomas Becket, and Sylvester I with Masses in red and white, including Nativity orations, Gloria, Credo, Preface, and the Nativity proper. It notes dates from Sunday December 28 through Thursday January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Canterbury
Sylvester I
Chutemas
California Proposition 16 Defeated by Voters in November
Official counts show California voters rejected Proposition 16 by about 2 to 1, with 1,688,122 in favor of taxation and 3,446,829 opposed. Only Alpine and Mono counties favored the measure which sought to tax private non profit schools. The campaign attacked the Catholic Church and its 643 schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
California
Secretary of State
Alpine
Mono
Reds Force Priests And Nuns To Work In Fields
Rome reports confirmed by Fides that native priests and Sisters in northern China are compelled to labor in farms and factories from dawn to night. Sister Suen Tsong yi of Sienhsien describes long shifts with rotating teams and meals skipped to keep production ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Red
China
Fides
The
Sacred Congregation For the Propagation of the Faith
Suen Tsong-yi
Sienhsien
The Sheepherder of Bethlehem in Winter Cold
A lone Bedouin style sheepherder on Judaean hills endures a harsh winter night. The piece reflects on hardship, isolation, and the unspoken code of shepherd life passed down through generations, with distant echoes of historical travelers like Doughty. The narrator hints at broader themes of humanity and stubborn endurance.
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Judean Uplands
Charles M. Doughty
Arabia Deserta
Bethlehem
Juda
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Museo Des Beaux—Arts
Strasbourg
Aristophanes
Reds
Pittsburgh
Church of Silence
Asia
Pacific
Africa
World Marxist Review
Voice of Moscow
Comrades of the World
U.S.A
Folks
Hsueh Hsi
Union Research Service of
Hong Kong
Frederick Engels
Caput Mundi
Menefrego
Pantheon
Caius Cestius
Clivus Argentarius
Caesar
Jim
James I. Tucer
Dioces of
Dallas-Fort Worth
Ncwc News
Texas Catholic
ORDO
Ford
Jacob
Xavier
Bill Jones
You
Reno
Feer
Marnla
AK Aard
Riverside
Dallas, Texas
J. W. Mangelsdorf
Agency
RUST
Kings Road
Lemmon
Dallas
Kidwell
Dallas Taylor
MR. Hill
Throckmorton Fort Worth
Edison
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