Churches of Protestant sect in Italy ordered closed
Rome authorities shuttered the Rome church of the Church of Christ for lacking required authorization under Italian law. The order extended to all 22 of its churches across Italy, with officials noting that verbal permission had previously sufficed at times. Other Protestant groups operate with regular authorization.
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Italy
Rome
Church of Christ
Cline R. Paden
Brownfield
Texas
Interior Ministry
Roberto Poppi
Ministry of the Interior
Paden
Sicily
Como
Department of General Direction of Cults
Iran
Frascati
Vatican City
G. A. Lardi
Italian Republic
Bible Week Reflections On Gutenberg and Family Reading
A Catholic Bible Week column muses on the 500th anniversary of the Gutenberg Bible and highlights a local parish family that uses a central living room Bible nightly with six children. The piece contrasts valued historic editions with a common, read aloud family Bible and notes religious unity hinges on submitting to one authority.
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Johann Gutenberg
Mainz
Germany
Bunnor
St. Matthew
St. Mark
St. Peter
St. Luke
St. Paul
St. John
Christ
St. Jerome
Tyranny Ends Through Time and God
The piece argues that history repeats and tyrants destroy themselves. It cites Stalin era figures from Nero to Diocletian and notes contemporary purges and the Church's view. It emphasizes divine justice, God as the ultimate regulator of evil, and hopes for a swift end to tyranny. It also reflects on the Pope's calm, memory, and the inevitability of punishment for tyrants.
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God
Church
Christ
Abraham
Adam
Stalin
Nero
Herod
Antiochus Epiphanes
Vatlcsn
Stalins
Caligula
Heliogabalus
Diocletian
Devil
Ana Pauker
Ana
Trotsky
Zinoviev
Kamenev
Bucharin
Rykov
Molotov
Weekly Calendar of Feast Days
Sunday to Thursday entries list saints from Wenceslaus to the Holy Guardian Angels with brief bios. A separate Cleveland dispatch reports Catholic Charities delegates warning that catastrophe looms unless Western democracies soften immigration policies and accept more European refugees.
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Cleveland
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Segregation Ends at Delware School Milestone
Salisbury parochial centers under Bishop FitzMaurice note the first public or private school in Delaware to end segregation as Salesianum School for Boys admits Negro students two years ago under the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.
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Salisbury
Wilmington
Edmond J. Fitz Maurice
Delware
Salesianum School
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
Megro
Opportunities in Catholic art field greater than ever
Ade de Bethune, an artist who works from comic illustrations to church decoration, says religious art offers growing opportunities. She recalled starting with Catholic Worker illustrations and a church decoration task in Clairton Pennsylvania around 1949, completed with teen helpers in two months.
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New York
Ade de Bethune
St. Paulinus Church
Clairton
Miss Bethune
October Devotions Profile Saints Mary Therese and Francis
October is devoted to Holy Angels and the Rosary. St Therese of the Child Jesus born 1873 in Alencon joined the Carmelite order at 15 and died 1897 after a life of humility and miracles. canonized in 1925. St Francis of Assisi born 1182 founded the Franciscan Order, preached with poverty, and received the stigmata before his death in 1226.
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St. Remigius
Remi
Rheims
Clovis
France
Remigius
Therese of the Child Jesus
Virgin
Marie Francoise Therese Martin
Alencon
Lisieux
Jesus
St. Francis of Assisi
Innocent III
Christendom
St. Francis
Christ
Parisians Find Filthy Reading Matter Wide in Drug Stores
In Paris a man must hunt for filthy reading matter. Here it is available in nearly every drug store.
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Paris
Young Artist Bethune Encourages Women in Religious Art
Miss Bethune urges young women to pursue religious art, noting the field holds many appealing opportunities. She recalls starting her own career in her teens by illustrating for a Catholic newspaper and stresses early encouragement for talent.
Negroes Attend Parochial Schools For First Time
In Wilmington Delaware Negro students begin attending elementary parochial schools at the fall term mirroring earlier Catholic high school and Maryland parish centers. Public schools in two outlying districts also admit Negro students to white schools per a state supreme court ruling. Strong interracial classes form in three mid city church schools with registrations rising in days. no incidents reported. Pioneers in the diocesan system include Elkton Maryland.
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Maryland
Wilmington
State Supreme Court
Tne Elkton
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Ludmilla
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Wenceslaus
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Lucifer
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Syrian Desert
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American Committee On
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Social Action Department
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Wynn C. Fairfield
Church World Service
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Truman
England
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The
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Edmond Borgia-Butler
Bartholomew A. Seymour
Detroit
Borgia-Butler
George J. Gillespie
Lilia Mae's
Lilia Mae Smith
Brownie
Gulf Service
S & H Green Stamps
Magnolia
FT. Worth
South Main St
Fort Worth
Mercy Small
Animal Hospital
W. R. McCuiston
Tommy Farrell & CO
Stuart
Guy Thompson
Harveson & Cole Morticians
Fifth Avenue
Hanson
Pen and Card Shop
Main St. Fort Worth
Mary Raymond
St. Teresa’s
Mary Elizabeth
Incarnate Word College
San Antonio
Edith Louise
Santa Maria DE
Miracoli
Brescia
Our Lady
St. Kilian
Colonal
St. Totian
Gare
Wurzburz
Toledo
Spain
I. S
Geddes
Best
Wilson
DUCO
Frank J. Henry Auto Works
Fort Worth, Texas
Del
Standard Office Equipment Company
H. i. Royer
Kleinschmidt's Cake Shop
West
7Th Street
Lanier High School
Texas Board OF Education
Southwest Academic League
Benedictine Fathers
New
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