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This Anglican and a good many others repudiate wholeheartedly the vulgarities of the Church of England Newspaper ... If this publication had confined itself to a theological critique of Pope Pius' Marian Year prayer, noting how prayers couched in such terms seem to us to upset the balance of Christian devotion, we should have been in complete agreement . . . PROFESSOR EUGENE R. FAIRWEATHER Trinity College Toronto...
...regular TV telecasts in Italy, Pope Pius XII last week released a statement to all Italian bishops pointing out that television must be regarded as a mixed blessing. On the one hand, TV as a "new conquest of science" can exert a "beneficial influence in relation to the culture and popular education of the people." On the other hand, "TV programs are, in most part, made up of films and theatrical spectacles, and the number that fully satisfy Christian morality is still too small." The Pope warned that "it can only be frightening to think that, through the medium...
Your excellent article on Pope Pius XII made me prouder than ever to be a Catholic and a Catholic priest. Now it will be amusing to read the bitter letters it will evoke from bitter little men with bitter little minds...
...also was top man in 1952) had as many votes as the combined total of the next two men on the list-Sir Winston Churchill and General Douglas MacArthur. Other high-ranking also-rans: Harry S. Truman, Adlai E. Stevenson, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch, Pope Pius XII and former President Herbert Hoover. A newcomer among the top ten: Wisconsin's U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, who ranked seventh...
...Christmas message to the world, Pope Pius XII called upon the statesmen of Europe to set about "forming the continental union of its peoples . . . Why continue to hesitate? The end is clear, the needs of nations are obvious to all. If anyone asks in advance for an absolute guarantee of success, the answer is that there is a risk, but a necessary one; a risk, but in keeping with present possibilities; a reasonable risk...