Word: vatican
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week that hardy statesman, that skilful graphic artist in words, the abdicated Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, sought and gained pardon from the Vicar of Christ for an offense which has estranged the Vatican from Sofia these many years. Humbly presenting himself "as a pilgrim," Ferdinand bent his powerful big-boned frame and kissed the regally extended Papal toe. Pardoned, he wove what spells he might in the Papal ear during the half hour of audience allotted him. Then, with his handsome features wreathed in the smile of one handsomely forgiven, he quitted the Vatican, was smartly saluted...
...chosen, because there has been talk of transferring the headquarters of the Church from Manhattan to Washington, where the great new Cathedral is situated. Ill-advised newspaper scriveners went so far as to infer that if Bishop Freeman were chosen the new Cathedral in Washington would be the Episcopal Vatican of America, and Bishop Freeman the Pope...
Notable occurrences were two: 1) Bishop Vedenski, of the great Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior, leader of the Russian Church reform movement, hinted broadly at a wish to discuss with the Vatican some means of reuniting the Eastern (Greek) and Western (Roman Catholic) Christian Churches, and thus bridging the great schism which has lasted more than 1,000 years. 2) Bishop Makary of Peterhof (near Leningrad) urged that the Russian Church adopt "a form of weekly prayer for the Soviet Government, which is now definitely established by the will of the majority of the Russian people . . . and therefore worthy...
...Government of Czecho-Slovakia (at Prague) and the Government of the Roman Catholic Church (at the Vatican) cannot be friends-a flame of fire walks between them...
...weeks ago, the Government of Czecho-Slovakia wrote to the Vatican, requesting-a resumption of diplomatic relations, adding, however, that July 6 would still be celebrated as a national fete. Now the Vatican has refused. The national fete said the Vatican commuuique, "offends the Catholic faith represented by two-thirds of the population of the country."*The fire still burns...