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Cardinal Upholds The Expelled Algeria Priests
F RENCH missionaries who have fallen foul of the colonial authorities because of their continued ministry among Algerian rebels have been given the full support of their......
The 'damien Fathers' Set Up A House In London
V ERY quietly, the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts—the congregation to which the celebrated leper priest Fr. Damien belonged --have established a house in London. For many years......
First Under 4min.
mile in U.S. Jim Bailey, the first man to break the 4-minute mile in the United States, was a member of the Catholic Youth Organisation in Sydney, Australia. before he went to......
Saint's Mother
A marble bust of the mother of St. John Rosco, " Mamma Margherita," is to he set up this year, the centenary of her death, at Capriglio, Italy, where she was born. This is being......
Archbishop Of Vienna
The new Archbishop of Vienna, Mgr. Kiinig, goes to St. Stephen's Cathedral to give Confirmation there for the first time. Mgr. Kkinig, appointed recently to succeed the late......
A Pope Will Be Beatified In October
T HE beatification of Pope lnno-Icent XI is now expected to take place in St. Peter's on Sunday, October 7. Two miracles proposed for the beatification were discussed at a......
Missionary Slain
Fr. Charles Becker, a Dutch missionary. has been slain with knives by natives on the Island of Lomblen. in the East Indies. states a letter from Bishop Manek.......
London Jesuit To Be Archbishop
Coadjutor for Mgr. Chichester, S.J. A N English Jesuit. Fr. Francis Markall, has been named by the Holy Father to be Coadjutor with the right of succession to Mgr. Aston......
Enthronement
Mgr. George Brunner. Bishopelect of Middlesbrough, will he enthroned in his cathedral on Wednesday, July 18. He will present his letters of appointment to the Provost and......
Evening Bishop
Mgr. Gomes dc Almeida, the new Bishop of Viscu, Portugal, is to be consecrated in his cathedral in the evening of June 8. This will be the first evening episcopal consecration......
Mr. Truman And The Pope
M R. HARRY TRUMAN, former President of the United States, writing in the Daily Express about his audience of the Holy Father last week, says: " Our visit to the Vatican was a......
Night Mass On Jungle Station
Stranded at a railway station in the middle of the night in the heart of the Ceylon jungle, more than 900 Legion of Mary delegates heard Mass celebrated for them on the platform......
139,333 Converts In U.s.a.
1,211,957 received in past 10 years D URING last year 139,333 converts were received into the Church in the United States, Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands, states the Official......
Irish Labour Built Calder Hall
A' PLANT LED TO MASS CENTRES T HE £15,000,000 Calder Hall Atomic Power Station at Sellafield, Cumberland, which started work last week, has been built mainly by Irish Catholic......
`bible For The People'
THE Holy Father has described the Catholic Truth Society's new 6s, edition of the Bible as " the Bible for the people." His Holiness made this remark when at a recent audience......
Trade Unions Aid African Workers
Catholic trade union members of the Berne canton have sent a gift of cash and machine tools to African workers at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika. The gift was made during a Mission......
Existence Of Divorce Leads To Broken Homes, Broken Hearts'
CARDINAL MAKES YOUNG FAMILIES . `TOP' NEWS Grants for home-makers: First child allowance C ARDINAL GRIFFIN'S pastoral letter calling for a new deal for engaged and young married......
`give Them Security And Living Space'
‘ 4 1 -1 HERE can be no denying," His Eminence writes, " that young persons contemplating marriage to-day are confronted with many difficulties. " Unity and indissolubility are......
The Cardinal Suggests
T HESE are Cardinal Griffin's suggestions in his Trinity Sunday Pastoral latter: Pay family allowances for all the children in the family— including the first child. Give young......
Broadcaster's Jubilee .
The Rev. Dr. Gordon Albion, well known as a broadcaster and historian, celebrated his ordination silver jubilee on Wednesday with an evening Mass at his Church of St. Edward's,......
Coalition In Austria
Catholic. Par ty will work with Socialists A LTHOUGH the strongly Catholic People's Party has emerged from the recent Austrian elections as the strongest single party, it would......
Mayor Of Launceston
Many Catholic mayors and other civic leaders have been installed in the past few days. In this picture Councillor Mooney, the new Mayor of Launceston, the home of Blessed......