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...speech; the only sound was a burst of applause when Budenz said "we must not continue to permit the British to recognize Red China." The speaker then lauded his own book ("Men Without Faces") as the "best single work on the Communist conspiracy;" later he mentioned that Pope Pius XI's encyclical on the subject was accurate "although it should have been annotated with my documents." In closing he called for a great crusade of prayer. Then, as the audience stood up to cheer, Louis Budenz sat down to admire his keys to the city of Boston...
...morality of sex has never been simple-but the Catholic rule about sex has always been definite. Modern developments in contraception, surgery, psychology and artificial insemination have never changed that rule. Last week, in a 9,000-word speech to the Italian Catholic Union of Midwives, Pope Pius XII freshened up the signposts along the Roman Catholic road. His main points...
Last week the President's announcement brought "utmost joy" at the Vatican. General Clark, now chief of Army Field Forces, was commander of the army that liberated Rome in 1944. An Episcopalian and a 33rd degree Mason, he became a firm friend of Pope Pius XII. Clark will not be a mere Minister, as was his predecessor, Rufus King. His title will be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,* and his appointment will probably be followed by the naming of a Papal Nuncio...
...three successive days, Oct. 30, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 1950, said the Cardinal, the miraculous vision of Fátima was repeated for Pope Pius XII: "The Holy Father turned his gaze from the Vatican gardens toward the sun, and there was renewed for his eyes the miracle of this valley." Nov. 1 was the day the Pope proclaimed the dogma of the bodily ascension of the Virgin Mary into Heaven...
...happily ever after, because "he loved Ethel to the bitter end and . . . they had a nice house too." Mr. Salteena was less fortunate: though he had ten children by a nice girl "at Buckingham palace by name Bessie Topp," he was sulky about losing Ethel. "Still he was a pius man in his way and found relief in prayer...