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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940.
No. 2905.
Hitler Wants Victory Prayers and Requiem Masses - 'Honourable Victory.'
BUT 400 PRIESTS ARE STILL UNDER ARREST
A Nazi Government order issued early in the war gave the impression that no reference to the war in sermons was permissable. Now, however, Nazi officials are announcing that services such as Requiem Masses and prayers for war victims or "prayers for victory' are welcome, says a message from Amsterdam received by the NCWC news service. Minor concessions made to the Church recently suggest a desir on the part of the Government not to :ncrease the tension between the two. But Archbishop Groeber (Freiburg) refers in a pastoral to attempts "to surround the Church with an insuperable wall" His Emihence adds that the Church will never be deterred from her task. The German Church is suffer ing financially. It has to pay a heavv war tax and certain collec tions are now forbidden.
Field-Marshall Goering insists that priests, as others, must seek shelter during air raids, though those engaged·in hospital work want to attend to their spiritual duties. It is estimated that 400 priests are in concentration camps in the territory which was formerly Austria. MINOR CONCESSIONS Amsterdam. Minor concessions recently made to the Church seem to indicate a desire on the part of the Government not to bring about a further increase of the tension between the two. l ruling forbidding newspapers from publishing announcements of church services unless they were paid advertisements has been revoked after representations from the Hierarchv. Bishops Congratulate Hitler A service of thanksgiving was held in Cardinal Faulhaber's Cathedral in Munich after the at-
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tempt on Herr Hitler's life. The Bavarian Bishops sent a joint message of congratulation to Hitler.
Cardinal Schulte. Archbishop of Cologne, in a pastoral letter exhorts the faithful to rally around the Church more strongly than ever, particularly now that the faithful miss so many of their beloved ones who are at the front. Those left behind should receive the sacraments more frequently and always pray for the soldiers, hoping for their safe return "after an honourable victory and peace. Bishop Bornewasser, of Treves. implores the blessings of the Immaculate Mother of God for the faithful in these times of stress. particularly in regard to moral purity which , he says, is now so much in danger.
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The war tax the Church has been obliged to pay in Germany. like all other public institutions, since November amounts to a total of 800,000 marks. Heavv economies will have to be effected, and no new buildings will be authorised.
Manv church collections are no permissible, not even those taken up in cemeteries on funeral occasions.
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Reich's Resurrection Mgr. Gustus, German Army Bishop, in a pastoral letter refers to Herr Hitler's peace offer after the conquest of Poland and says: ·The destruction of the Reich, whose wonderful resurrection we have witnessed during the past six years would cause untold anguish to all of ts
Hitler now seeks to appease the tension between Church and State.
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