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Died. Clemens August Cardinal von Galen, 68, towering, recently elevated former bishop of Minister; in Frankfurt am Main. He was the second new cardinal to die within a fortnight (first: John Cardinal Glennon of St. Louis-TIME, March 18). His wartime sermons sometimes bluntly defied the Gestapo by spreading the suppressed news of drastic bomb damage, sometimes adroitly jabbed at Nazi ideology...
...thriving archdiocese came to embrace a half-million Catholics, who affectionately named hundreds of their sons after him. Glennon knew that his work would never end; said he in Rome last month: "This is a time in the world's history in which we must continue to battle-a time marked by warfare against the Church-a battle between faith and unfaith...
Tall (6 ft. 2 in.), erect and dignified, saved from pomposity by an Irish wit, Glennon was long a familiar figure on his daily strolls about St. Louis's West End. "Those who do not know him are never in danger of mistaking his rank," said a friend; "and those who do know him are never reminded of it." In press and pulpit, he was an outspoken opponent of coeducation, woman suffrage, British rule in Ireland, divorce ("the modern attitude makes a joke of the sacrament of matrimony"), sexy and brutal movies. He once denied a murdered gangster...
Fatal Flight. Glennon at first thought he was too old to make the journey to Rome to receive his hat. But, thinking he might find the trip by plane more feasible, he took a test hop around southeast Missouri. A companion remarked that it was an honor to share His Eminence's first plane ride. Glancing out of the window, Glennon said: "It will be an even greater honor to come down with...
Died. John Cardinal Glennon, 83, Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Louis for 42 years, a Prince of the Church for 18 days; in Dublin (his native Eire), during a stopover on the long air voyage home from the Vatican (see RELIGION...