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Poland, where Catholics (91% of the population) have fared relatively better, has confiscated all church property. Some church schools are already run by the state; religious instruction in others is being severely curtailed. Last week, Bishop Stanislaw Adamski of Katowice wrote a pastoral letter in which he urged parents to...
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...
In all Hungarian churches (except in the diocese of Archbishop Czapik) priests read Mindszenty's last pastoral letter. It was also his answer to those who, like Czapik, wanted to compromise with the sons of evil. "After taking so many things, the world can still rob us of this...
As Consciences Demand. At last, the vestrymen decided to do something about the Melishes. They voted 9 to 1 to petition Long Island's Bishop James Pernette De Wolfe "for separation and dissolution of the pastoral relationship . . ." But spry old Rector Melish was not one to go quietly. He...
"Surging Pain . . ." One boulder remained in the path of Rakosi's Communist steamroller. Cardinal Mindszenty was facing trial for subversive activity, but last week the Voice of America broadcast to Hungary his latest pastoral letter, which had been banned in Hungary by the Communists. It was subversive, indeed.