Word: confessional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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By the time "Pretty Boy" breaks down on the stand and sobs out his confession, moviegoers are likely to conclude that the electric chair is just what he deserves.
In a courtroom known as the Solemn Hall, in Sofia's grey Palace of Justice, 15 Protestant pastors went on trial last week on trumped-up charges of treason, espionage and black marketeering. This time, the Communists were less hostile to foreign observers than they had been during the...
In an honest confession on behalf of higher brass, Colonel George S. Eyster, deputy chief of the Army Public Information Division, called the whole thing a "faux pas." Said the colonel: the report had been "improperly edited," and should never have been put out "with the philosophy that Americans might...
Mindszenty wrote his last pastoral letter. On the envelope that held it, he scribbled the now famous note to his clergy, advising them that any "confession" that might appear some day over his signature would only be the result of "human frailty." In other letters, he warned that he might...
The presiding judge asked: "Did anyone force you to make your confession?" Mindszenty answered: "No." The judge then mentioned the letter which Mindszenty had written before his arrest, repudiating any confession he might make. Said the cardinal: "I want to state that I see things differently now. I want to...