Word: archbishop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Archbishop Beran, the calm center of the storm, remained a semi-prisoner in his Prague palace. All the resources of the Communist propaganda machine were employed in attacking him. The trade-union newspaper Prace accused him of working for "Wall Street-dominated Vatican City." "Leading such a gang," the paper said, "the Archbishop is heading into his own destruction...
...Archbishop of Canterbury wagged a stern finger at politicians. "Stick to the sober truth in speeches," he advised. "The temptation at election times is to overstate or even misstate the case . . ." He frowned on political talks which use quotations from the New Testament, "especially the words of Our Lord." Chances are that "words will be misapplied and their spiritual meaning distorted. In any case, there is the suggestion of trying to turn Scripture to party uses...
...hundred thousand Athenians watched as Sophoulis' casket was drawn to burial by an armored car. "Come to give him the last kiss," intoned Athens' Archbishop Spyridon during the funeral service. The King and Queen stepped up and kissed the casket; Frederika had tears in her eyes...
...couriers sent out from a secret meeting of the country's bishops. They read it despite nocturnal visits from the police, despite the warning of Communist Premier Zapotocky that further "antistate" activity would be met with arrests and trials. They were fortified with the words of their archbishop, Josef Beran, who remained in his Prague palace surrounded by armed plainclothesmen. "Do not allow yourselves to be intimidated by threats," he had written. "In these difficult times all priests are conscience-bound to inform the faithful of the true state of affairs." Beran and the bishops added that priests...
Next day, Communist action groups and police swept the country. They seized all church administrative offices, installing officials of the government-sponsored Catholic Action, which Archbishop Beran has denounced as "schismatic." Priests who resisted were immediately arrested. The Communist Caesar recognized no things which were...