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Nazis Hinder Pope's Work for Poles ty vicious Numerous annoying and hindrances are interfering with the Holy Father's efforts to send spiritual and material succour to the stricken Poles, now spread over all the lace of Europe, reports NCWC News Service.
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Most of this opposition comes from those areas controlled by the Nazis. Efforts to aid Poles in German-occupied areas have been persistent, long continued but largely ineffectual as a result. Proposals for aid are met continuously with counter -proposals; Vatican overtures are replied to by Nazi officials in a leisurely and even dilatory manner; bank regulations are invoked, deliberately it seems, to strangle all moves from the Vatican City. No definite answers can be obtained to straightforward requests.
Attempts Not Relaxed. Despite all this the Pope has not relaxed one instance his ceaseless efforts to relieve sufferers from the war by every means in his power and an almost unbelievable amount of good has been done in the circumstances. A central relief organisation has been started in Poland, with Vatican money,
much of which has come from Catholics from other parts of the world, Through notably the United States. Vatican efforts Rumania has received Argenthe from of medicine cases 22 Money from the Vatican has tine. beer-.Distributed in considerable quantities among the needy in Fran e, Belgium and Holland, while the Holy See has declined Peter's Pence from Poland and Holland. Only 1,000 packages of food and clothing have so far been sent through to the 400,000 Polish prisoners of war. In Italy the work for prisoners of war is naturally much more successful. Welcome reports have been received of the religious facilities offered to prisoners in British -controlled camps. Vatican Worried. The Holy See is becoming increasingly alarmed by the steadily deepening hardships facing the Polish people, including the difficulties of religious Even with International consolation. Red Cross help little can be done. Vatican Radio has been in communication with Papal representatives in many centres in various countries and has thus been enabled more quickly to get information concerning prisoners and refugees. In some cases the governments concerned have helped, but the general lack of co-operation prevents the Pope from doing more at present.
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GENERAL ABSOLUTION: NEW RULING.
field chaplains were granted the privilege of giving general absolution, without preceding individual confession, to soldiers immediately before and during combat. The new privilege is given because the special character o' modern technical warfare often makes it difficult to ascertain :f and when combats are to begin or have already begun or ji they are immediately imminent.
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LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL. Sisters of Charity in the East End of London distributing clothes sent by women of Western Australia for families in blitzed areas. The gifts were sent to Mary Strand by the Agent General for Western Australia, Mr. M. F. Troy, for distribution by members of the "Universe' Women's Circle.
Despite the difficulties brought about by the war, work proceeds on the new Cathedral of Christ the King at Liverpool. When completed it will cover an area of approximately five acres. It will contain 24 altars so arranged that wherever one stands each altar will be in the direct line of vision.
Pope Seeks Testimony of Spanish Martyrs A request to the Spanish clergy to
start gathering testimony concerning those Catholics who gave their lives for the Church during the Spanish civil war for possible beatification has been made by the S. Congregation of Rites following personal instructions from the Pope, states the "Universe." All the Spanish dioceses ,it is understood, will present the respective cases to Cardinal Seguara, Archbishop of Seville, who will forward them to the Holy See.
The Congregation will then study the documents pertaining to each case, and if it finds them suitable for beatification it will grant permission to the dioceses to begin preliminary diocesan processes for the introduction of the causes.
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The Sacred Penitentiary has announced. through Radic Vatican, that military chaplain, are now free to grant general absolution whenever they deem it necessary.
Those who receive this general absolution must pledge theinsedyes to confess individually whenever later an opportunity arises.
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More than 100 beatification causes are expected to be presented to the Holy See during this year. These will include causes of Bishops killed during the war, as well as cer-
tain laymen. Cardinal Segura himself, it is said, informed the Congregation of Rites of his personal intention to present the case of an unnamed 19 -year-old mequete in his diocese who was stabbed to death in the early days of the conflict. His Eminence informed the congregation that the boy's body was unearthed in a perfectly preserved condition, and said he had evidence to prove that the youth was killed by anarchists following his refusal to abjure his religion. He died crying "Long live Christlong live Spain."
The oldest Little Sister of the Poor
in the world, Sister St. Daniel, of St.
Augustine's Home, Aigburth, Liverpool, has died, aged 100. When she reached her centenary last year, she remarked to a reporter, "I think God must have forgotten me.' Sister St. Daniel was born in Brittany in the year the congregation was founded. She spent 28 years at St. Joseph's Home, Leeds, for 12, as Good Mother, 12 years in Carlisle, and the past 32 at Aigburth. Up to a few months of her 99th. birthday, Sister St. Daniel was engaged in active work. She became seriously ill at Christmas last year. She was anointed, but recovered and afterwards spent her time knitting and 'doing light tasks. On her 100th. birthday she received a telegram from the King and was visited by Archbishop Downey and many priests. Until her last illness the Little Sister always attended five o'clock Mass. She was a friend of Sister Mary of the Cross, foundress of the Little Sis-
ters.-"Universe."
VICHY WILL LEAVE JOCIST AND
OTHER YOUTH GROUPS FRET..
Vichy.-Government officials here have disavowed the intention to conscript the youth of the nation into a totalitarian movement. Existing groups, including the Catholic Jocists, scouts and guides, sports groups and workers' organisations are not to be united. "There are too many separate groups," states M. Baudoin. But those which have been accepted by the State" may "continue their programmes in freedom, and if they happen to have uniforms, may continue to wear them. "While there is no question of blending the various groups, it is desired that they work in harmony."-NCWC.
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