Word: cardinalate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Francis Cardinal Spellman's blast against Eleanor Roosevelt (TIME, Aug. 1) raised loud echoes last week. Public reactions were as might have been expected: Protestants supported Mrs. Roosevelt's position; Catholic spokesmen backed up the cardinal's criticism.
Lutherans took issue with the cardinal on a matter of fundamental principle: the separation of church and state, "a cherished ideal of all American Lutherans since they first arrived on American soil 300 years ago." Lutherans did not seek federal aid to education, declared Dr. John W. Behnken, president of...
In Manhattan, Episcopal Bishop Charles K. Gilbert defended Mrs. Roosevelt on more personal grounds, criticizing Cardinal Spellman's attack as "bitter and unjust," and adding: "I desire to associate myself with Mrs. Roosevelt in the sentiments she has expressed, which will be shared, I am confident, by multitudes of...
Roman Catholics "sin grievously, at least," if they read the Daily Worker. Under the Pope's recent order excommunicating Communists, Catholics may not read any Communist publications "for information, professional reasons, or curiosity," declared the Rev. Edwin B. Broderick this week, in a sermon at New York's...
* It is uncertain, however, whether the bureau will be. able to influence public pronouncements by such high church dignitaries as Cardinal Spellman (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS).