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New Y.c.w. International Secretary Is A Britisher
Mr. Pat Kee g an, National President of the Youn g Christian Workers, has been appointed International Secretary of the movement, which now has more than a million members in 50......
Polish Students Are Helped To English Education
Since Dunkirk, nearly seven years a g o, 3,000 Polish Catholic parents and students have been assisted to continue their studies in this country by the Education Section of the......
Another Priest Is Sentenced By Bratislava Court
A 66-year-old Catholic priest, the Rev. Dr. Eugene Filkorn, canon of the Cathedral at Nitra, Slovakia, was found guilty by the Slovak National Court at Bratislava of propagating......
First Knock Pilgrimage
On Sunday next, May 18. the first pilgrimage of the season will take place to Our Lady's Shrine at Knock, Co. Mayo, when the Archdiocese of Tuam will assemble for its annual......
1 Moscow's Only Priest Tells His Own Story I
By FR. A. LABERG E. A .A. The distinction of bein g the only Catholic priest in Russia has been g iven freely to me as it had been g iven to my predecessor, the Rev. Leopold......
Poland Toes The Party Line
Poland's National Day. which is at the same time feast of Our Lady, Queen of Poland, May 3, was cancelled this year by the Warsaw authorities. This was explained in the official......
Commoner Kings By Election Suggested
From Our Correspondent in Spain The special commision which is to study the amendments to the law of succession proposed by members of the Spanish Cortes met recently in Madrid.......
Cardinal Flies To His Troubled Diocese
Immediately on hearing of the rioting and bloodshed in May Day demonstrations in Sicily which resulted in the death of several persons, Cardinal Ruffini, Archbishop of Palermo,......
Belgian M.p.s To Visit Britain
A Belgian Parliamentary Group. including members of the Catholic Party, delegated by the two Chambers, will arrive in London on June 9 and will stay until June 15. They will......
New York Prays For Russia On May Day
While an overflow crowd of 4,000 knelt in the streets nearby, 6,000 persons thron g ed St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, and, led by Cardinal Spel:man. prayed for the......
Holland's Effort For The Missions
The Catholic population of Holland is about 3,500,000, with 10,500 priests, 2,416, or about one-fourth, of whom are missionaries. If one counts the Brothers and Sisters who are......