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...well-founded reputation as a tough clerical administrator who likes to cut out deadwood. Last week Roman Catholic Cody lived up to his no-nonsense fame by firing one of the patron saints of Chicago-style liberalism: Auxiliary Archbishop Bernard J. Sheil, pastor of St. Andrew's parish and founder of the vast Catholic Youth Organization...
...government-Catholic action groups readied their own protest marches, at week's end gathered in a Saigon park, 10,000 strong, for an orderly demonstration. The Catholics had earlier denounced Ky for failing to restore order in the I Corps, formed "assassin squads" in every parish to take care of any Communists who try to run for office in the election. In Saigon, in something of a switch, Catholics brandished warmly pro-American signs: "We are grateful for the contribution of Allied forces," and "Thanks, Yankees...
...PETER R. HOLROYD Curate St. John's Parish Waterbury, Conn...
...what-stamps-can-do tales still make feature stories: a Detroit Roman Catholic parish last week cashed in stamps to buy a station wagon for its nuns; the Thomas Dooley Foundation is saving for a light airplane for medical use in Laos; even Elijah Muhammad's Black Muslims are collecting stamps for a school bus to be used at the University of Islam in Chicago...
...improvised from day to day the program of action-religious, economic and political-that marks his movement today. He took on the Mafia, which controlled illegal trawler fleets that were robbing the local fishermen of their livelihood. He played the organ in church and criticized the parish priest for his refusal to allow barefoot children to attend Mass. He begged money for food for the starving. He tried to do something about the ancient stink of the picturesque airless houses and to stop children playing in the open sewers. He discovered that when appeals to charity failed, he could exploit...