Word: romanism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Behind the Iron Curtain, the war on the Roman Catholic Church continued. In a letter to the Czech State Prosecutor, which reached the press last week, Prague's Archbishop Josef Beran detailed what had happened to him since he was "interned" in his palace (TIME, JUNE...
...racial or nationality group served, some include baptized babies, others rate only adults as members. But the biggest percentage gain over 1947 was reported by the 1,872,049-member Disciples of Christ, with 9%. Next came the Northern Presbyterians, with 4.2%, and the Southern Presbyterians, with 3.9%. The Roman Catholics ranked seventh in percentage of increase, with 3.1%, while the Protestant Episcopal Church gained...
...Francisco, who is highly rated for his work on social problems; Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas (71) of Cincinnati, and Archbishop Francis P. Keough (58) of Baltimore, both leaders in the National Catholic Welfare Conference. In Canada, rumors centered on Archbishop Maurice Roy of Quebec (the oldest Roman Catholic see in North America), Archbishop Alexander Vachon of Ottawa, and Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau of Montreal...
What have atheists in common with saints? A great deal, suggests top-rank Roman Catholic Philosopher Jacques Maritain, now teaching at Princeton, in the current issue of the quarterly Review of Politics. "The genuine, absolute atheist, with all his sincerity and devotion," he concludes, "is but an abortive saint and, at the same time, a mistaken revolutionist...
Twin Motors. In selling its product to Italians-and thus providing a refreshing example of how to do business abroad- Coca-Cola has given U.S. methods a Mediterranean twist. Billboards plug "la sosta piacevole" (freely: The Pause That Refreshes), a fleet of 200 yellow trucks pound along ancient Roman routes from the bottling centers, and deliverymen dressed in uniforms emblazoned with Coca-Cola's red patch trundle boxes into caffe bars and wineshops. In Venice, two motor launches (see cut) chug along the Grand Canal on delivery routes...