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37 Mansions Have Become Mass Centres
But there are misgivings over taxation of the wealthy ANNOUNCING that since the outbreak of the second World War 37 large houses and mansions in the Southwark diocese have been......
Most German
DIOCESES HAD THE NIGHT VIGIL MOST of the German dioceses, it is now reported, took advantage of the recent decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites permitting the celebration......
Albanian Reds Have Killed 40
THE Communist Albanian regime has executed 40 priests without trial since it seized control there, a Vatican Radio broadcast has stated. They comprise one-third of the Catholic......
Mgr. Masterson In Australia
The Archbishop of Birmingham. Mgr. Masterson. arrived in Freemantle on Friday in the P. & 0. liner Himalaya to attend. at the invitation of Cardinal Gilroy. the celebrations......
Missionary Gets 3-year Sentence
A SENTENCE of three years' imprisonment by a Communist " people's court " in China has been passed on Fr. Henry Schmitz, a Society of the Divine Word missionary and rector of......
De Gasperi 70
Signor Alcide De Gasped. Italy's Prime Minister, received telegrams from many countries when he celebrated his 70th birthday on Tuesday.......
French Hierarchy Meet To Discuss Evening Mass
By Henri Rollet : Paris THE new liturgical movement in France—particularly the increasingly popular evening Masses—was discussed at an extraordinary meeting of all the French......
Candidate At 21
Mr. St. John-Stevus A 21-year-old Catholic, Mr. Norman St. John-Stevas was on Tuesday adopted as prospective Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Dagenham, Essex. Educated......
New French Bishop Appointed
Mgr. Emile Pirolley, 53-year-old Vicar General of Besancon, has been nominated Bishop of Mende, one of the Catholic strongholds of France. A poet and author, Mgr. Pirolley is......
Nature Notes
by Julian Holroyd U. U . T HERE'S A LOT OF FUN IN DITCH ES " THE time of the singing of birds is come" and the voices of returning migrants are already loud in our countryside.......
Priests Can Stern Irish Emigration
IRISH priests have a unique opportunity to help in stemming the tide of rural emigration from Ireland, said Fr. M. Connolly, S.J., speaking last week at the Christus Rex......
More Italian Reds Resign
Resignations from the Italian Communist Party continue to be announced. Latest are Luigi Ballocci and Ricciotti Valdarini. leaders in the province of Arezzo. Valdarini was the......