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Walter C. Kropp Pre
Lay Apostolate In Africa
Yugoslav Cardinal
Visited By Mother
ROME—(NC)- The aged mother
Of Josef Cardinal Mmdszenty has
been permitted another visit to her
imprisoned son, Vatican Radio re
ported here.
The broadcast said the Cardinal s
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"Africa is a confinant of groat promise for the Church," accord
ing to a woman lay apostlo, who has completed a 12,000-mila tour of
the African Interior. Dr. Lydwine van Korsbergen (second from left)
president of the Grail In America, bids farewell at the Johannesburg
airport to a team of Grail loaders now working at the new center for
lay apostles at Rivonia, South Africa. Left to right: Frances Scott,
formerly e* Australia,* Dr. van Korsbergen Joseph Gall, of Scotland
Helen V. Kelly, Brooklyn, H. Y., and Lorraine Machan, Milwaukee,
Wis. (NC Photos)
mother visited the Primate of Hun
gary in a jail in the Tatra moun
tains area. The report said that the
Cardinal appeared veil and is per
mitted to celebrate Mass each
morning.
However, the only books he is
permitted to read, the broadcast
steteri, are ones dealing with the
Marxist theory.
Previous reports on the visits be
tween the Cardinal and his mother
stated that these generally fake
place in the presence of several
plainclothes policemen.
The Cardinal is reportedly kept
in the Tatra mountains because he
is suffering from heart coinplica
tit,ns as a result of thyroid trou
ble He was sentenced to life im
prisonment in February, 1949. for
alleged treason.
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Slav Bishops Rap Tito’s
Persecution Of Church
ROME (NC) Yes. the Churches in Yugoslavia are still
open. But freedom of religion bleeds from a thousand
wounds.
This is the summary of a joint memorandum by the Bish
ops of Yugoslavia addressed to Marshal Tito. The 4.000-word
document lists a whole series of vexations, obstructions and
outright persecution which the
Church in Yugoslavia has suffered
under the Tito regime
It was drawn up by the Bishops
afi?r their joint conference held
Zagreb last fail. The full text
has now become available here.
The Church in Yugoslavia is ex
tremely desirous of a Church-state
agreement which respects the
Church’s legitimate rights, the
memorandum declares But the
Church will never agree to ‘’un
conditional surrender” or “sign her
own death sentence The mem
orandum states:
"In Yugoslavia thera is no com
plot* religious freedom The free
dom of conscience end religion to
which the Constitution refers is in
prectice reduced to pertiel free
dom of worship We sey pertiel,
because freedom of worship is in
some respects so limited thet it
ectuelly means a negation of gen
uine religious freedom."
The memorandum continues
with a whole series of incidents
showing that the regime is actual
ly conspiring to close more and
more churches.
Church Dynamited
The Trappist church at Deliba
sina has been turned into a wheat
granary. St. Joseph’s Church at
Ljubljana has been converted into
a tilm studio. The Church of the
Holy Redeemer at Rijeka was clan
destinely dynamited.
Parish records were seized by
the regime in 1946 and have still
not been returned, the memoran
dum continues. Organists and choir
masters were forbidden by police
to remain in th«n posts Outdoor
religious processions are forbidden
in most of the country. First Mass
celebrations are ob-tructcd.
Freedom of preaching has been
imperiled by police action, the
Bishops declare They cite that
some priests were told that their
sermons could not oppose atheis
tic propaganda. One priest was or
dered to tell his parishioners they
should not go to church. No priest
is permitted to give religious in
struction in school or the rectory.
Some have been forbidden to give
instruction even church.
Churches are assessed “unpro
portionally high taxes’ like lux
ury establishments, the Bishops
conimue. Many churches are not
allowed to collect alms.
The arrest of the clergy con
tinues, the memorandum com­
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Why dnes God allow the fore
es of Satan Io an ravage His
chaste bride, the Church? The
early Christians must have asked
themselves the same question
when they saw Paul persecute
the Church which was less than
ten years old.
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When we answer this question,
we are at the heart of the mis
sionary vocation. We are not
sent out merely to convert the
world, because the whole world
wishes not to be converted.
There will always he wolves
among the sheep. We are to bear
“witness to Chnst” and to bear
witness to Christ means not
just to suffer, but to triumph
over suffering in the name of
Christ. The Communists suffer
for their anti-Christ ideology,
and sometimes more than we
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plains. “More than 200 priests'* are
still in jail. “About 30” have been
killed in ambush during the past
seven years.
Bishop Anion Vovk, Apostolic
Administrator of Ljubljana, 3 had
gasoline poured on him and set
•fire, tho memorandum recalls.
The person guilty of this at
tempted murder was sentenced to
"nine days" in jail, the Bishops
note. They contrast this sentence
with that of a sacristian who was
fined 10,000 dinars ($33.33) for ac
cepting an alms of 10 dinars (1/30
of a cant) for the church.
Teachers Barred
The Bishops list other restric
tions on the Church:
Teachers are forbidden to attend
church. “Though physical punish
ment is strictly prohibited in the
schools, yet the teachers severely
beat school children who dare to
attend Mass or take part in the re
ligious instructions In church."
The entire Catholic school sys
tem has been seized by the regime,
the memorandum says. The Church
can supposedly have its own semi
naries but these suffer “so many
vexations that it is clear that they
are only temporarily tolerated.’’
These seminaries are denied state
accreditation. Their students are
not given the privileges of other
students such as a reduction in
railway tickets and a shorter term
of army service.
All church printing presses
“were seized without compensa
tion," the Bishops declare. The
Catholic press was in effect wiped
out. Sisters’ convents in all of Slo
venia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
have been suppressed.
Church Right* Defended
On the question of a Church
state agreement the memorandum
states:
"If it is required of the Church
that the give up ner essential vital
right*, then such an agreement is
impossible. The Church never in
her history agreed to unconditional
surrender. To require the Church
to accept tho present situation In
Yugoslavia means to ask her to
sign her death sentence
“The Church in Yugoslavia is
always ready for negotiations and
for reasonable concessions but on
the condition that her moral and
juridical status is fully recognized
and that all her rights are guaran
teed.”
Our Missionaries In China
Are Suffering For Christ
.............. by Bishop Fullon J. Sheen----
Despite Communist persecu
tion of the Church in China,
how many foreign missionaries
still remain? The latest statis
tics indicate
that out of
5,380 o reign
miss lonaries
who were there
in 1948, only
723 remain of
these 472 are
priests and
bishops, 51 are
o hers and
200 arc Sisters.
Many of these.
in addition to 300 Chinese
priests, are in prison. The work
of the Church in China now falls
principally on 1.700 Chinese
priests anef 5,000 UhinesP Sisters.
Christians suffer for our faith
but they do it for their own hon
or and glory
The missionary differs from
the Communist in two ways: first
he suffers for Christ and not be
cause of personal or collective
egotism second he triumphs
over his sufferings, so that joy
springs from sorrow and life
from death. The Communist has
no resurrection to comfort him:
Lenin is embalmed as a mummy,
as Stalin will oe one day. But
the missionary knows that be
cause Christ has risen he will
rise. Hence he says with Paul:
"In all things we suffer tribula
tion, but are not distressed
we suffer persecution but are
not forsaken we are cast down,
but we perish not the life
of Jesus is manifest in our
flesh.”
It pleases God that in China
in this Hour His Divine Son shall
not be known just through His
orphanages. buk through His
wounds not through His hos
pitals, but through tribulation
not through pulpits, but in pris
ons. To be cast down would mean
we did not believe in the Resur
rection to be hopeful is to bear
witness that even in Heaven,
where he is followed by the
martyrs He is as the Apocalypse
tells us, wearing a “garment
sprinkled with blood.”
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A King Visits Catholic College
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On a recant visit to Comboni Collage, at Asmara, Eritrea, King
Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is shown with Rev. Armido Gasperini,
F.S.C.J., superior. It was the king's first visit to Eritrea, recently
united with Ethiopia. The collage is run by the Verona Fathers who
also have a seminary in Forestvilla, Ohio, and a novitiate at Mon
roe, Mich. (NC Photos)
Armenian Patriarch Sees Hope
Of Russia’s Return To Church
VATICAN CITY—(NC)—There is real hope that Russia -will re
turn to the Church, according to His Eminence Gregory Peter XV Car
dinal Agagiaman, Patriarch ol Cilicia ot the Armenians.
The prominent Eastern Rite Cardinal bases his opinion on three
things: the truly Christian character of the Russian peoples, Our
Lady’s expressed desire for their
conversion, and the fact that the
entire church—under the leader
ship of the Pope himself—im
plores daily in the prayers after
Mass.
Cardinal Agagianian expressed
his views in an article in the
magazine (Missionary Union oi the
Clergy), which was reprinted in
the Vatican City daily (Osservatore
Romano). The prelate who was
once a parish priest in what is
now Soviet Armenia, is resnonsi
ble for many thousands of Armen
ian Catholics isolated behind the
Iron Curtain.
In the article, he expressed the
conviction that millions of Ortho
dox Christians will follow Rumani
an Orthodox Patriarch Puiu Vis
sarion of Chisinau in their admira
tion for the Catholic Church. The
Cardinal recalled That the Rumani
an churchman expressed his opin
ions in a letter to Patriarch Alexis
ot Moscow, written from Paris in
November of 1951 Patriarch Vis
sarion told the Muscovite that his
Russian Orthodox Church should
have repudiated the alleged peace
movement of the Russians view
of their ceaseless persecutions of
the Church. He said also that the
Church of Rome should be admir
ed and favored, not persecuted, for
its fidelity to Christ.
Thirsting For God
Cardinal Agagianian wrote that
the Patriarch of the Rumanians
was inspired by the way the
Church bears persecution “to
think with longing of the unity de
sired by Christ Our Lord.”
"Will not the -ante happen for
peoples today under communist
yoke when they will be able
to know the attitude of the
Church .?” His Eminence asked
Another reason given by the
Armenian Patriarch for his hope
is that “we can be certain
there are still tn Russia millions
thirsting for God attached to the
Christian traditions of their an
cestors and particularly to the fill
al xeneration of the great Mother
of God .”
Pointing out that in her revela
tions at Fatima, the Blessed Virgin
had asked for prayers for the con
version of Russia and that con
stant prayer is offered in the
Church for this purpose, Cardinal
Agagianian said there is not only
hope for Russia’s return to reli
gion, but to the true unity of the
Vicar of Christ.
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Birth Control Could
Ruin India Medical
Conference Is Told
PATNA, India (NC) Doctors
attending the All-India Medical
Conference heard one of the
strongest denunciations of birth
control that has been made for
some time in this country.
Dr. B. V. ?4ulay of Sholapur, in
his presidential address to the
27th session of the Conference
here, severely attacked birth con
trol as a sure means of "destroying
the culture of India.”
"The idea of contraception,” he
said, “has been revolting to the
people of the world in general
and especially to the people of In
dia Shrewd propagandists are try
ing to popularize it by finding fresh
synonyms to express the idea. Con
traception changed to birth-control,
then became family planning and
has at present settled down as
planned parenthood
Dr. Mulay’s remarks came
against a background of striking
birth-control developments.
The third International Confer
ence on Planned Parenthood con
cluded a seven-day session in Bom
bay last November. The Conference
served to give a stimulus to birth
control propagandists in India who
advocate it on grounds of “over
population”
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Contest Opens
For Collegians
CINCINNATI (NC) With
the aim of stimulating interest in
r^jssion work among Catholic col
lege students, a nation-wide essay
contest has been planned.
It will be sponsored jointly by
the Catholic Students’ Mission
Crusade, which has headquarters
here, and the nat.onal commission
of mission study of the National
Federation of Catholic College
Students, it has been announced.
Writer of the best essay on the
subject, "Heralds of the Gospel,"
will receive a $25 prize and the
essay will be published in the
April issue of The Shield, CSMC
magazine.
In the Columbus diocese, mod
erators of the three Catholic Stu
dents Mission Crusade said their
units would enter the contest. The
units are at St. Mary of the
Springs College, Pontifical College
Josephinum. St. Charles College.
Copies of the encyclical "Her
alds of the Gospel” are available
free to all students at the Mis
sions Office, 246 E. Town street,
MA. 0704, Columbus.
Rules of the contest are:
1. The contest is open to all
undergraduate students in Catholic
colleges and universities in the
U.S., except the College of Mount
St. Joseph. 2. Length must be be
tween 1,000 and 1,500 words.
3. Essays must be typed, double
spaced, on 8’i-by-U paper. 4. No
more than three entries may be
submitted from one school. 5. A
pseudonym must be entered on the
essay, and in an envelope stapled
to the entry, the same pseudonym
plus the author’s actual name and
school.
6. All entries must be postmark
ed not later than March 7. Address
entries to: Mission Contest Editor,
ollege of Mount St Joseph-on-the
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Mary appeared first at Lourdes on Feb. 11—at Fatima on Oct. IX
Two shrines with one purpose—to draw men to God through Mary.
We'd love to have Her Fatima Chape) appear in far-off Ethiopia—to
rise up as a lasting witness to a forgotten people that God and Mary
are there, if all other* have forgotten. Will you help hasten that day?
Your mite will do it. Ask for “Our Lady’* Kremlin" when you send your
offering.
A worthy high altar for this noble shrine will cost $200. A priceless
Memorial for jour family or loved one—A SALUTE TO IMMORTALI
TY to immortalize their names among grateful natives.
LENTEN SACRIFICE
Fr. Tuohy, with the Arab refugees
from Palestine, writes for FOOD
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The CHRYSOSTOMS «upport our
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In February MARY’S BANK, support club for novices, goes to tho
Sisters with the refugees in Paleatine and BASILIANS, our Club for
schools in the Near East, will go to “refugee” schools. The Trappist
monks in Eritrea will bless you for your offerings to MONICA GUILD,
our club for altar furnishings. The DAMIEN LEPER FUND will be
“pennies from heaven” to our Sisters in the asylum in Trichur, India.
Hungry mouth* wait for ORPHANS BREAD.
I'LL WALK ALONE?
Faraj, seminarian tn Palestine,
needs the $100 for each of his
six years’ study. Sister Aghuhne,
Armenian novice in Rome, has one
more year to tram but where will
(he And $150? Can you adopt
either ol them?
Near East Missions’ Bishops are building outpost chapels. They most
have sacred article* to adorn them. Would you like to give—
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Vestments .*^... 50
Monstrance ..... 40
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Chalice 40
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That’s impossible! Yes, we know. But you can arrange now while
living for the Gregorian Masses for your own soul. Inquire about our
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February is Catholic Press Month. Our mission pamphlets make fine
February reading. Our latest is “Bitter Our Sorrow.”
Christ remembered you in His last will at the Last Supper, when He
left you Himself “This is my body Have you a place for His Near
East missions in yours. It’ll go with you to judgement.
The Christian Brothers at Cheren. Eritrea, are doing wonders with the
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