Word: cieplak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stepinac left the witness stand after his 38-minute address, Bishop Joseph P. Hurley of Saint Augustine, Fla., representing Pope Pius XII at the trial, bowed before him; Catholics all over the world, recalling that a Soviet death sentence against Leningrad Archbishop John Cieplak in 1923 had been commuted under pressure of world opinion, were rallying to Stepinac's side. Summoned to Rome to coordinate protests were pink-cheeked, rosy Msgr. Angelo Roncalli of Paris; Lancashire-born Archbishop William Godfrey, apostolic delegate to Britain; Dutch national hero Cardinal de Jong. Commented Pope Pius: ". . . We have the right...