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...Greek Orthodox Church. Her Aunt Giovanna married Orthodox King Boris of Bulgaria, and the pledge to raise their children as Roman Catholics was given but not fulfilled. Yet Pope Pius XI sent Queen Giovanna a message carrying his blessings and esteem -and the message was carried by the then Archbishop Roncalli, who is now Pope John XXIII. But marrying a Moslem would presumably be an entirely different matter...
British tommies scoured the mountains for EOKA terrorists, but last week, Britain's Cyprus Governor Sir Hugh Foot, grateful for the absence of incidents, declared in a broadcast: "In the past 21 days we have made good progress." If violence were abandoned "for good," promised Foot, Archbishop Makarios, exiled leader of the Greek Cypriots, could return to the island, and "we could finish with the emergency altogether." As a further gesture. Foot ordered 35 EOKA suspects released from detention camps "following a review of their cases...
Honors & Privileges. The rights, dignities, honors and privileges of the Presiding Bishop do not carry with them the hierarchical authority of a Roman Catholic archbishop (a nonexistent title in the Episcopal Church). Bishop Lichtenberger will serve as chief spokesman for 3,274,867 Episcopalians in the U.S. and abroad, will have jurisdiction over U.S. Episcopal churches in Europe and any vacant missionary districts, will preside over the House of Bishops, and will serve as president of his church's National Council...
Victory for Yemanjá. Instead of merely condemning spiritism, Archbishop Câmara has launched a campaign to expose the charlatanism of the spiritist leaders and to draw their followers into church by holding Masses in honor of their most popular saints, notably St. George and St. Sebastian. After painstaking studies of prestidigitation and stage music, Rio's Marist Brothers put on a series of public shows during the past year to duplicate the tricks by which the spiritist babalaôs hoodwink the gullible. Such sound showmanship has had some success...
...last week Yemanjá scored a clean victory. When Archbishop Camara held an open-air Mass on the beach New Year's Eve to compete with the spiritists, only 600 people showed...