Word: archbishop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people were told: "The Allies have no intention whatever of giving peace to our country." The Army was told: "Your duty includes the 'disciplining of the civilian population.' " High Churchmen lent their voices to the Palace's. Said Cardinal Fossati, Archbishop of Turin: "It is a crime ... to interfere with [Marshal Badoglio's] work in any way, even by criticism...
...Holiness the Pope, Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of Vatican City, Servant of the Servants...
...Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. William Temple, likes to drive home his points in workaday metaphors. Last week he conjured up an ironmongery (British for hardware store) in which a night-prowling prankster switched round the price tags. Then, said His Grace, "When we enter in the morning, we find lawn mowers are two for 5?, nails $25 each, and a gallon of paint a penny. All the values are wrong. That is what has happened to our civilization, and we shall not come to order and peace until our price tags tally with...
...Archbishop of New York, Francis J. Spellman, home from a six-month trip (to Spain, Italy, England, Africa, the Near East), explained that he had spent more time visiting military hospitals than originally planned, declared that "from these visits I have received many consolations. . . ." To reports that he had been on a diplomatic mission, his answer was simply that he had traveled as a private citizen and Military Vicar of the U.S. He looked forward to Italy's surrender, he said, as a hastener of peace and "an opportunity ... to the United Nations to show how they intend...
Having just returned from a trip to the Vatican, Spain, and Africa, the archbishop addressed the priests with first hand information about the tasks confronting their fellow-chaplains in Army camps and on the battle-fronts in the war against the Axis in Europe...