Page 1, 12th January 1940
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In Ten Months
What the Pope Has Done For Peace It is ten months since Pius XII was proclaimed Pope. In that short time he has worked incessantly for peace. In more than thirty allocutions he......
Prayers For Unity
The following form was authorised by Pope Benedict XV " That they may all be One as Thou., Father, in Me and I in Thee; that they also may be one in Us that the world may......
Quarter Of M Nkind To Intercede For Peace
It is announced that the Holy Father will lead the prayers for the Christian Unity Octave which begins next Thursday, January 18, the Feast of St. Peter's Chair. He will......
Unity Octave
has a history Although at first sight reminiscent of the colourful celebrations which take place each Epiphanytide in the Church of St. Andrea della Valle, in Rome, when......
" Neutrality Is A Heresy Fr. O'hea Lectures On Federalism
From Our Own Correspondent NEWCASTLE. " War is a national evil; it is unnecessary and should be eliminated," said Fr. L. O'Hea, &T., addressing the Tyneside Branch and Council......
Soviet Troops Pray In Poland Flowers For Our Lady's Altar
Soviet soldiers and officials in Lwow have been entering into the churches that remain open and stay ing there for prayer, states a Paris despatch printed in the Osservatore......
Forbidden Devotions
By a decree of the Holy Office dated December 12, 1939, the two following devotions have been forbidden as falling within the ban of May 26, 1937 against new cults : the......
Vatican To Hold A Mammoth Exhibition Of Christian Art In...
From Our Own Correspondent VATICAN CITY. The Vatican now definitely affirms that the " Exhibition of Christian Art " will take place, but not in 1910, as planned three years......
Y Ou Have
Dreamt Sweet Dreams . . POPE TO NEWLY-MARRIEDS In the first of the resumed public audiences, the Pope received a very large number of newly married couples. In his greeting he......
Cardinal Mundelein's Successor
Mgr, Samuel Alphonse Stritch, Archbishop of Milwaukee, has been appointed to succeed Cardinal Mundelein as Archbishop of Chicago. Mgr. Stritch, who was born in Nashville, is 53.......
Gospels Translator Ill
Mgr. Joseph Dean, D.D., Ph.D., the translator of the Synoptic Gospels, SS. Matthew, Mark and Luke, in the Westminster Version, is seriously ill and has been anointed. Mgr. Dean,......
A Hint To Mgr. Tiso?
From Our Diplomatic Correspondent In a recent leading article the Osservatore Romano warned the Balkan States of the dangers of Stalinism. In the article the following sentence......
Hitler's Battle Artist Paints Warsaw From A Fighter War...
Front Ow' Correspondent on the German Frontier .While Warsaw was in flames a Messerschmitt plane was flying over the burning city, and Professor Ernst Vollbehr—who had been......