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Burning-eyed Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen this week began his 17th series of radio talks for NBC's Catholic Hour. His voice, as usual, was as rich and sweet as zabaglione, but in his words rang a message to all who call themselves Christians. Excerpts...
...From a manuscript which Msgr. Sheen, associate professor of philosophy at Catholic University of America, will edit for later publication...
...ranking member of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Canada, had suffered two heart attacks in six months. A fortnight ago he left Manhattan's Misericordia Hospital for California, hoping to convalesce in a convent at Alhambra. There, around 7 o'clock one morning last week, Msgr. Paul Nicole, the Cardinal's secretary, entered the prelate's room vested for Mass. The Cardinal was sitting before a small altar. The secretary finished the Introit (preliminary to Mass). Then the Cardinal interrupted...
...both sides of the Atlantic, thriller-dealers were set ashake by a rather small boo from Msgr. Ronald Knox (The Body in the Silo). "I say the detective story is in danger of getting played out," wrote Father Knox in the Roman Catholic weekly, the Tablet. ". . . . The stories get cleverer and cleverer, but the readers are getting cleverer and cleverer...
...When Msgr. McCormick denounced the euthanasia bill as "anti-God" did he forget Who said "Blessed are the merciful...