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Hungarian Reds Restore Archbishop To Lead Hierarchy. But—...
Release of Mgr. Grosz shows signs of window-dressing By DOUGLAS HYDE M GR. JOSEPH GROSZ, Archbishop of Kafocsa , who was jailed by the Communists in 1951 after taking over......
The Open Door
Pentecost picture from Amsterdam Once more on Pentecost Sunday—the " Birthday of the Church "—countless Catholics will be listening to the familiar Epistle telling how the......
Holy Father Tells Specialists:
Eye-grafting is permissible THE Holy Father in an address on Monday approved the grafting of corneas from dead persons to give sight to living persons.......
From The Dead, Not The Living
There is no .moral or reli• gious objection to this. said His Holiness at an audience for eye specialists. But the Pope warned that such operations should normally be performed......
Candidate At Chislehurst
Described by Cross-Beneher in the "Sunday Express " as a Bevanite who " tumbles out her leftwing opinions with passionate ferocity," 37-year-old Mrs. Mar garet Reid has been......
`galilee Miracles Are Being Repeated'
"THE miracles of This joyful sentence comes from a leper colony— a letter quoted in the diamond jubilee report of the St. Francis Leper Gu i Id It came from Fantome Island in......
Many Nuns Die In Jet Crash
Priest and crew also killed NTARIO police said on Wednesday they fear \-. 1 that between 25 and 50 nuns were killed when a twin-Jet plane crashed into the convalescent home of......
Teachers To Appeal To Holy Father
T HE Irish National Teachers' Organisation decided on Saturday to appeal to the Holy See against the decision of Bishop O'Boyle of Killala to hand over the control of the......
Chaplain Of The Noble Guard Dies
Mgr. Carlo Toraldo, holder of the ancient title of Cupbearer in the Papal Household and chaplain of the Noble Guard, was found dead in bed during the week-end. He had died......
800,000 At Fatima
I M MENSE crowds, estimated at -Imore than 800.000 people, thronged the C._ ova at Fatima on Sunday for the 39th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady to the three......
Missionary Conquers A Peak At 72
A 72-YEAR-OLD Salesian missionary who organised a scientific expedition that last month climbed Mount Sarmiento, a pre viously unconquered pea k in ierra del Fuego—an island on......
Rush For The 6s. Bible
O RDERS for the new 6s. edition of the Bible have been arriving in hundreds by every post at the London headquarters of the Catholic Truth Society since it was published last......
150,000 Celebrate The Holy Father's 39th Anniversary
Two hundred priests gave Holy Communion to 50.000 people in a Madrid stadium on Sunday night when more than 150.000 flocked there to celebrate the 39th anniversary of the Holy......
£5,000,000 For Missions
A REMARKABLE increase in contributions to the Pontifical Societies for the missions last year was reported at the meeting of the national directors in Rome, The result has been......
Vicar General Dies
Mgr. T. Henry Drury, Vicar General of the Nottingham diocese, died from a heart attack on Sunday in the Derby Royal Infirmary. aged 55. He was appointed Vicar General in May......
Battle Anniversary
General Doolittle, one of the hest known American commanders in the second World War, attended the Mass celebrated in St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. Australia, on the anniversary......
Holy See Buys Some Dead Sea Scrolls
T HE Holy See has purchased a large part of the celebrated Biblical manuscripts found in the caves of the Dead Sea. The purchase was suggested by the Holy Father after the......