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Dates: during 1930-1939
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SOME years ago when the average reader thought of English converts to the Roman Catholic Church, he immediately recalled Messrs. Belloc, Chesterton, and D.B. Wyndham Lewis; now he adds perforce the name of Mr. Dawson. Mr. Dawson resembles his three associates in many respects: he is an historian, for example, who endeavours to re-write the Whig historians, whose anti-Catholic bias is one of the disgraces of modern historiography. Unlike Messrs. Belloc and Chesterton, Mr. Dawson is imbued with the modern ideal of impartiality, and even in his attempt to secure justice for the faith he never leans over...
Fearful that the latest move of the Legion of Decency . . . indicates what inflictions might be made on other forms of entertainment, other than the cinema, by . . . Roman Catholics, kindly inform me whether or not an anti-league movement has been organized...
Retorted President Coselschi: "Rome stands through all history for the Ideal State: authority created by Roman Law!" From that moment the cleavage between Nazi and Fascist, between Hitler and Mussolini was clear, and the Conference was in for an initial squabble...
...Pope frowns on all forms of contraception because they prevent the birth of children, prime purpose of Roman Catholic matrimony. A thoroughgoing realist, the Pope at the same time knows that many loving Catholics who fear to have children defy his pontifical frown. Therefore he decided that it is morally right and proper for Catholic couples to utilize the wife's monthly rhythm of sterility and fertility as a natural method of contraception...
...considered less dangerous than French. It is also apparent that the Quai d'Orsay now feels that Abyssinia is of less importance than central Europe. When M. Laval calls upon Signor Mussolini this week, he will probably express his gratitude for support against German pretensions by allowing the Roman government complete freedom in Africa...