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...Warsaw, Poland, arrived Archbishop Zepliak, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Russia, released from Soviet prison as a result of the Pope's strenuous representations to the chancellories of Europe. He was penniless, ragged, emaciated...
...Archbishop Zepliak, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Russia, convicted and once condemned to death, was released from prison. He will be banished. This action follows strong representations made by the Pope to the Powers...
...reported last week, Archbishop Zepliak and Monsignor Butchkavitch, of the Roman Catholic Church, were tried for "resisting the government." Both were condemned to death. A storm of protest arose from govern- ments and other organizations all over the world...
Thus, the latest horror of the Bolshevik regime is the trial of Archbishop Zepliak and 15 other priests of the Roman Catholic Church. The case for the prosecution is that the priests occasioned the use of violence by resisting Soviet agents in the course of their duty, which was to confiscate church property. The defense is that the church treasures neither belong to the Roman Catholic Church in Russia nor to the Russian people, but to the Church in Rome...
...priest had protected a cupboard containing valuables with his body, saying: " Only when you have cut your way through this body can you get to the vessels." It also transpired that the Pope had authorized resistance to the Bolshevik regime, stating that the Soviet regulations were unacceptable. Archbishop Zepliak admitted issuing circulars denying that the Government had authority over the Church; but he declared that he did not carry on anti-Soviet propaganda...
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