Word: rea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nature that had made him a beloved Patriarch of Venice. Last week one more story was added to the lore of the man who is already one of the best-loved Popes of modern times. He has given away his breviary-and to an Anglican. The recipient: Canon Donald Rea. vicar of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Eye, Suffolk, and chairman of the Anglican Confraternity of Unity, founded in 1926 "to restore communion with the Holy...
Writing in the latest issue of the confraternity's journal. Reunion, Anglican Rea said that during a private audience last June the Pope noticed that the Anglican was carrying a breviary-a compilation of daily prayers and psalms in Latin that are obligatory for Roman Catholic priests. "That book of his looks a bit old," said John to his interpreter. "Mine is not so new. but it's newer than his. I will give...
...Canon Rea also quoted Pope John on the delicate subject of church unity. "In working for reunion," he said, "it is necessary1) to be very meek and humble, 2) to be patient and know how to wait God's hour, and 3) to insist on positive arguments, leaving aside for the moment those elements on which we differ, and to avoid discussions that may offend against the virtue of charity...
...16th major veto in seven years, his fourth in 1959. The other three this year: REA, wheat, tobacco bills...
...careful to care for his walking wounded. When Indiana's William Bray gave in to Halleck and voted to sustain the Rural Electrification Administration veto, he feared that it would cost him his career. After the vote he told Halleck he was finished-there were just too many REA supporters in his district. Halleck got on the telephone, called Republican leaders in Bray's district (Martinsville), told them to rally behind the worried Congressman...