Word: bicchierai
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Priest . . ." Twelve thousand tough, enthusiastic young Milanese Catholics jammed into the Great Hall to honor St. Ambrose and hear militant words. Cried Monsignor Adelmo Bicchierai, spokesman of Cardinal Schuster, Archbishop of Milan: "The time has come to live again the days when the Lombards rose around Alberto di Giussano.* . . . We must be ready for victorious martyrdom...
...just how were these militants to assist the saint? To a questioner after the celebration Monsignor Bicchierai gave a poker-faced reply: "As a priest I must tell you that the crucifix and the rosary are the arms of Catholics." He paused and with a twinkle of black eyes and a deprecating spread of hands added: "What can I know of tear-gas bombs and machine guns...
Last week as Milan waited, like every other key Italian city, to see where the Communists would strike next, the monsignor who had disclaimed knowledge of tear gas and machine guns summed up the stand of Milanese Catholics. Said Monsignor Bicchierai: "This is a kind of chess game. Right now we don't know what the next move will be-but it's theirs...
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