Word: bishops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hungary continued its persecution of the Lutheran Church. Last year, Lutheran Bishop Lajos Ordass had been imprisoned on charges of black-market dealings, conspiracy against the government-very like the charges against Cardinal Mindszenty. While Bishop Ordass was in jail, the Communists had repeatedly tried to make him resign his office. He refused. Recently, Lutheran Bishop Zoltan Thuroczy-who wants to play along with the Reds-visited Ordass in his cell and delivered a Communist ultimatum: either Ordass resigns, or Communist Boss Rakosi puts the Lutheran Church under complete state control, with a government commissioner in charge. Last week Ordass...
Poland, where Catholics (91% of the population) have fared relatively better, has confiscated all church property. Some church schools are already run by the state; religious instruction in others is being severely curtailed. Last week, Bishop Stanislaw Adamski of Katowice wrote a pastoral letter in which he urged parents to "oppose by all peaceful methods all attempts to deprive your children of religious instruction." Six priests who read the letter to their congregations were imprisoned; they joined 400 Catholic priests jailed in Poland during the past three months...
Dudley's 43 to 41 victory over Kirkland was won largely at the foul line, with the Commuters making good 21 out of 26 penalty shots. Dave Bishop clinched the game for Dudley with a long shot sudden-death basket...
...This has done them little good in Hungary where their schools have been nationalized. Lutheran Bishop Lajos Ordass, who tried to oppose the Communists, is in prison on a phony black-marketing charge. Ferenc Nagy, a leading Presbyterian who as Premier tried to collaborate with the Communists, was forced to flee the country...
...first gave February 14 a special significance, celebrated the day with a dine and dance routine. The event was called the Feast of Lupercalia. After several generations, the Romans stopped the annual merry-making and called it a day, Valentine's Day to be exact, after a martyred bishop of the same name...