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Paper's Remarkable Editorial A Stigmatist Refuses LONDON, April 14.-(NC).-The "Sunday Express," large secular Sunday paper, in an exceptional tribute to the Catholic Church, has called on all Christians to support its stand against atheistic Communism in Europe, and to remember that "should the Catholic Church go down-which God will surely forbid-the rest will follow."
some other church, some other form of faith, may join it there. Are you an Anglican, a Nonconformist, even without a particular religious faith beyond a By MAX JORDAN conviction that man and his af(Staff Correspondent, N.C.W.C. News Service). fairs are neither the beginning MUNICH, April 14.-Therese Neumann, the stignor the end? Your duty is obvious and your self-interest is matist, of Konnersreuth, Bavaria, and her family are iryour duty. This evil thing must revocably opposed to the project announced by an Amerbe fought. "The Roman Catholic Church ican film producer to make a motion picture of her life must be sustained and cherished and experiences. in its days of tribulation. Therese, says a statement is- fused suggestions of this kind "Should it go down-which sued on her behalf by the Rev. and will not change her mind. God will surely forbid-the rest Joseph /caber, the parish priest Her family concurs fully. All will follow." in Konnersreuth, has always re - legal means will be employed, if attempts are made to have motion pictures taken in Konnersreuth itself. All those concerned feel that such pictures would be in extremely bad taste in view of the supernatural character of FRANKFURT, April 15-(NC).-"The Holy Father the Konnersreuth phenomena, showed a truly fatherly heart when he upheld the prin- Both Therese and her family have consistently objected to ciples of true peace, justice and charity at a time when any such publicity.
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The "Express," owned by Lord image as cold as the Caucasus Beaverbrook, headed its main and as barren as the steppes. "It is the Roman Catholic Church which suffers the brunt of the attack in Europe. It is to the succour of this Church that all who profess and call themselves Christians, all who realise that faith is the sole shield against materialism and the decay of the human spirit must rally, The trial of Cardinal Mindszenty, Primate of is Hungary, still clear in our minds. The Duke of Norfolk called it a sacriiege. Men of all other faiths agreed with him. "Such trials and persecutions are no novel feature of our mod- these were not unopposed," Bishop Aloisius F. Muenh, ern world and our peculiar mod- of Fargo, N.D., Apostolic Visitator in Germany, told a ern civilisation. Hitler blazed distinguished congregation. the trail for Stalin. His autoHONOLULU, April 11-(NC). cracy was menaced by the preSpeaking first in English, and everywhere, he refused to subElaborate plans are being made sence of God in men's hearts. in the Diocese of Honolulu for His domination could not be then in German, Bishop Muench scribe to the un-Christian conwhat is hoped will be the great- complete so long as the Church said that the German people, cept of a collective guilt. est religious observance in of Christ held sway in German particularly, must be happy, for in the 2000 -year history of the ROME, April 15-(NC-Fides) Hawaii's history-a May 1 minds, So he martyred the -The Missionary Art Exposi"Mary's Day" rally in honour of Roman Catholic Church in Ger- Church there probably never was a Pope so closely attached tion now being organised for the the Blessed Virgin, at which many. He imprisoned its priests 1950 Holy Year will be housed prayers for world peace will be and sent them to concentration to them and their country as the reigning Pontiff. In in one of two buildings under June, 1945, offered. camps. to when Germany's name was hatThousands went construction at the entrance to In an address to Catholic lay their death, And very often a TOKYO, April 14-(NC).- the square ed all over the world, the Holy the Basilica of St. leaders planning the rally, Bis- terrible death it was. Stalin Father was the first officially to The Conventual Franciscans have Peter's, at of the end of Via della hop James J. Sweeney, of Hono- has trod in Hitler's footsteps. . speak words of justice and char- taken possession of their new Conciliazione, near the celebratlulu, declared that "we in Hawaii "Roman Catholicism is to -day ity for this nation, and despite home in the Kitaku area of ed colonnade of Berrdni. are going to rededicate and reTheir immediate objecTo -morrow the hatred prevailing against it Tokyo. In addition to Christian art, consecrate ourselves to the Vir- in the front line. tive is to establish a the exposition will also show art new parish, gin Mother of God on the first which will he the third new one works of secular and day of May. If the world topagan into be erected here within a year. spiration, which is day is to be saved from Comexpected to The others were established by show how the Catholic munism, and if we are to overChurch the Salesian Fathers and the So- values the art of all come the greater evil of secularpeoples and ciety of St. Columban. she draws them all to "speak the ism, it will be through the BlessAt the same time property has Christian language," LONDON, April 15-(NC).- capture and the winning back of ed Virgin Mary " Finally, before retir- now been purchased in the KicGen. Sir Frank Messervy, a Ca- Burma. The exhibit, which will have tholic, has been appointed a De- ing, he commanded the 14th. hijoji sector of Tokyo for the works of art from all races will establishment of a Scout Home be arranged according to the PRELATE'S LETTER FROM puty to the Chief Scout of the Army in Burma. and Youth Centre, stye of the country represented. HARBIN FIRST MESSAGE IN world, it was announced here. General Messervy, who form YEARS. ed his own scout troop at the age SHANGHAI, April 14-(NC). of 15, served with the Indian letter written in Harbin, Army in World War I and in Manchuria, by Msgr. Hermene- World War II. commanded and gild Hintringer, Austrian Capu- was captured with the British chin, has been received here, sig- "Desert Rats" in North Africa. LONDON, April 12.-(NC).BROOKLYN-(NC).-Catholics in England are now nifying that for the first time He escaped 18 hours later after Sir Seymour Hicks, leading Britsince 1945 mail communication walking 16 miles through enemy ish Catholic actor, dramatist, one of the most numerous of religious bodies in Great has been established between parties, author and theatrical prodneer, Britain with about 4,000,000 faithful in England, ScotHe later this city and the great Mancommanded the has died at the age of 78, after land and Wales, declared Robert Wilberforce, cultural churian river -port and rail cen- Fourth Corps, which led the being ill for about a month with adviser of the British Information Services, New York, tre, as a result of a recent ar- great turning movement on influenza, addressing the Our Lady of Refuge Parish Holy Name rangement madt with the Com- ?deiktila, 100 miles behind the Sir Seymour, who claimed to munist authorities in the north. Japanese lines, leading to its have written 66 plays, became an Society Communion breakfast at the Columbus Club reactor at 16, and although he per. cently. formed serious parts in his earMr. Wilberforce said that Ca- teenth century were Conservalier plays, he gradully became known as a first-class comedian. tholics in England were steadily tives, and this tradition still linIn addition to his other activi- increasing in number and influ- gers in the courtesy always acties, he two London the- ence, adding that last year the corded to the Duke of Norfolk, LONDON, April 8.-(NC).-When the Protestant atres, thebuiltAldwych and the hereditary increase from births' Premier Duke and churches of this country, at their annual assembly, came Globe. He married a famous numerical and conversions was 130,000, In Earl Marshal of England, as the leading stage star, Miss Catholic out with a condemnation of totalitarianism, the "TabEllaline Terriss, addition, there are large numbers layman in let," Bri-ish Catholic weekly, reminded them that the who, with her daughter, Betty, of Catholics among the refugees, Great Britain. survive him. Catholics in England, conincluding many Catholics of tinued Protestant church made a fateful decision several years Wilberforce, centre other than the Latin rite. At largely Mr. in industrial areas, and the invitation of His Eminence SHANGHAI, The "Tablet" recalled that at itarianism depends on how they -After months April 15-(NC) Bernard Cardinal Griffin, Arch- are fully represented in the Labof restriction to our Party. Such peers, for inthat time the Protestant church, stand in the world of education, their residences, priests of the bishop' of Westminster, an East- stance, as Lord Holden, who is as the State -established church on whether there are schools Szepinkai diocese in Manchuria ern -rite Bishop and several East- active in the Christian Socialist of this country, decided not to whose essential character is that are now permitted to move ern -Rite priests are now in Eng- Movement, and Lord Pakenham, land caring for them. they are the religious, expressing around their districts. One any particular effort to make Minister of Cviil and It is interesting to note, said one of the chief Aviation, maintain its own schools, but to beliefs and values of the chil- priest remains with Bishop Louis Government let them be incorporated in the dren's parents," the "Tablet" Lapierre for mission work in Mr. Wilberforce, that the ma- spokesmen in the House of went on. "In every country in Szepingkai city, while others, jority of Catholic Members of nation's State school system. are both converts. AnEurope where the totalitarian who had been with the Bishop in Parliament at present belong to Lords, other recent convert is Lord "The effectiveness of religious virus is rampant this battle of virtual confinement, the have gone Labour Party. Traditionally Justice Slesser, one of the forebodies as bulwarks against total- the schools in going on" back to outlying missions. the English Catholics of the nine- most lawyers in England
editorial, "The Martyr Church." It wrote: "Perhaps the gravest threat to civilisation and its freedoms lies in the persecution of religion by Communism. The 13 men of the Kremlin realise that they cannot achieve domination of the world unless they can drive from the minds and hearts of mankind their faith in God, and set up in its place a materialistic
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