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the deaths of many persons in the bombardment of Padua were deplored by the Most Rev. Carlo Agostini, Bishop of Padua, in his sermon at the funeral of the victims.HOLY FATHER HONORS GERMAN PRELATE(Religious News Service)LONDON (By Wireless)— The appointment of the Most Rev. Clemens August Count von Galen, Bishop of Munster, Germany, by Pope Pius XII as assistant at the Pontifical throne is “obviously of some special significance,” according to the Universe, Catholic weekly, published here.Bishop von Galen has been an outspoken critic of the Nazi regime, and enjoys a wide popularity in religious circles in Germany. He was appointed a member of the special episcopal committee set up by the German Bishops’ Conference in Fulda last year to administer Catholic Church affairs in Germany during 1944.The Universe points out that the honor conferred upon the German bishop is usually reserved to prelates who have completed fifty years in the priesthood or twenty-five in the episcopate. The Munster churchman has been a bishop only eleven years and was ordained a priest less than forty years ago.(Radio. N. C. W. C. News Service)VATICAN CITY,—His Holiness Pope Pius XII received numerous messages and attestations of homage on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of his coronation, Os-servatore Rome announces.Stating that particularly moving messages were received from the universal Hierarchy, Osservatore makes special mention of the anniversary greetings sent by the Bishops of the United States, Canada and the Latin American Republics.Among those who sent messages to Pope Pius on his anniversary, Osservatore says, are the Presidents of Portugal, Brazil, Poland, Venezuela. Ecuador, Paraguay,Costa Rica, El Salvador, San Domingo and Haiti, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and Generalissimo Francisco Franco.There has been deep and widespread reaction to the discourse delivered by His Holiness on the anniversary of his coronation, it is evidenced by messages which have poured into the Vatican from various parts of the world.Speaking from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Pius XII expressed the hope that Rome, the Eternal City, may not be turned into a battlefield, thus perpetrating “an act as inglorious from a military viewpoint as it would be abominable in the eyes of God and of mankind.”)In Vatican City the words of the Sovereigu Pontiff were heardby an enormous outpouring of people. Rain that fell in torrents all morning stopped shortly before the Holy Father was scheduled to appear on the Basilica loggia. The occasion of the discourse was actually an “outdoor audience,” which the Holy Father arranged when it was decided room could not be found indoors for the thousands of refugees who wanted to come and thank personally the Pope for his paternal assistance in their dire need. Since many of these refugees possess only the clothes they wear, they had to seek shelter while the rain poured down upon Rome and Vatican City. But. when the rain stopped, they and others began to pour into St. Peter’s Square to hear the words of His Holiness.ANTI-AIRCRAFT SHELL FALLS IN VATICAN CITY; WORKMEN ARE WOUNDEDVATICAN CITY,— An anti-aircraft shell fell inside Vatican City at about 7:30 A. M.. March 17, and exploded in the roadway before the administration building of Osservatore Romano and the office of the N. C. W. C. News Service Correspondent.Shell fragments struck a group of workmen who were engaged in unloading foodstuffs. Two of the workmen received serious injuries and other received lighter injuries. Numerous windows were shattered in the vicinity. Other damage waslight.
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Monroe Bulletin
Monroe, Georgia, US
Fri, Mar 31, 1944
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