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...marriage for divorced persons, still provides that anyone remarried by a civil ceremony "shall forfeit his or her status as a Communicant." The new feature is a provision that "he or she may apply to any Minister of the Church . . . for the restoration of such status and for a blessing upon their union. The Minister . . . shall then lay the petition and his findings be fore the Bishop. . . . In case of a favorable judgment, the Minister in his discretion may bless the parties to the union, using such parts of the Office for the Solemnization of Matrimony as are pertinent thereto...
...Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria the National Committee for Music Appreciation made two simultaneous awards: to Songwriter Irving Berlin for the outstanding composition of the year, God Bless America (originally written in 1917); to Industrialist George A. Sloan, chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association's executive committee, for distinguished cultural service to the community...
Equally typical was the Italian Bishop of Terracina, who in a vibrant pastoral letter to his flock declared: "We ought most fervently to address our prayers to the God of Hosts that he may deign to bless the officers and soldiers and crown their sacrifice and heroism with complete victory. We should particularly pray for the return of the holy places and especially the Cenacle and the Holy Sepulchre, which will receive the veneration due to them only when the flag of Catholic and Fascist Italy flies above them...
...Last week Sheboygan loudly joined in the fanfare of patriotism which U. S. music is blaring (TIME, July 8). Its city council voted that every concert played in Sheboygan shall open with America, close the first half with The Stars and Stripes Forever, open the second half with God Bless America,*; wind up with The Star-Spangled Banner...
...kept strict silence about Italy's war activities. As during the Spanish War, some Italian prelates have not. Last week Most Rev. Evasio Colli, Bishop of Parma and head of the Central Bureau of Catholic Action, asked its members to pray God "so that He may bless our dear country and protect the sons of Italy who are fighting bravely. . . . Every one must perform with perfect discipline the duty assigned...