Word: archbishop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since Hitler came to Europe, Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have begun to lead as exciting lives as their predecessors did in the Renaissance. Last week came news that the Primate of shattered Poland, August Cardinal Hlond, had made his third escape from the Nazis; the Archbishop of Munich, Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber, had once more openly defied the Nazis...
...Archbishop of Canterbury had recommended that the nation listen with "fresh resolve and renewed prayer for ... our Allies and the cause we serve." Bell-ringing teams, dispersed by war, had reassembled and practiced frantically with muffled clappers...
Ever since suave Cosmo Gordon Lang retired from the see of Canterbury last spring, Britons have become increasingly aware that their traditionally staid and conservative Church of England is now headed by a pair of Christian revolutionaries. Last week both of these Anglican prelates-joke-loving William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England, and hike-loving Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York and Primate of England-got up on the same platform in smoky Birmingham and spoke words that put the Church on the side of Socialism, if not of revolution...
...Christian Revolutionist York attacked even this sacred cow. In the Church as it is today, said he, "the whole setup of administrative and financial reforms is overdue; the incomes of bishops, especially archbishops, apparently are very high. So long as bishops are looked on as rich men, their spiritual influence will be hindered. Both the Archbishop of Canterbury and I* are most anxious that as soon as possible this cause of offense should be removed...
...tonic atmosphere of the victories it was easy for many people to forget the problems that were still unsolved. But voices soon reminded the people that the war and the peace were still enormously problematical. From India, Chakravarti Rajagopalachariar answered a condescending harangue of Winston Churchill. From England the Archbishop of Canterbury raised his voice against privilege. And from China, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek sent a compelling message this week to the New York Herald Tribune's forum on world affairs. Wrote the Gissimo...