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Both the American Constitution, under which the Puerto Ricans live, and their own Commonwealth Constitution of 1952, insist on the separation of religious and political powers. And Cardinals Spellman and Cushing in this country both opposed the Puerto Rican hierarchy's stand--although it is specifically provided for under canon law. These considerations, however, are secondary to the mandate of the popular vote...
...second pastoral letter was read, the choir of one Puerto Rican Church sang an Easter hymn, "Pardon, Pardon." The choir-mistress explained: if the people are wrong in voting for the governor, they need the pardon; if not, the priests need...
...Puerto Rico, Governor Munoz Marin won his expected election by a comfortable margin, despite the oppositions of Puerto Rican bishops...
...York's Francis Cardinal Spellman formally denied that it would be a sin to disregard the Puerto Rican bishops' injunction. Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, the Vatican's Apostolic Delegate to the U.S., declared that "the Catholic bishops of the United States have never taken any position similar to that taken by the bishops of Puerto Rico. I am confident, also, that no such action would ever be taken by the hierarchy in this country." (But Archbishop Vagnozzi got no support from the Vatican, which reiterated the right and the duty of bishops to advise voters at election time...
...week's end came the second pastoral letter from Puerto Rico's implacable hiearchy. This time the bishops went out of their way to see that there was no mistaking their meaning: not only was a vote for Muñoz "inevitably a sin" but Puerto Rican Catholics were bluntly urged to vote for the church-sponsored Christian Action Party rather than for the opposition Independence or Republican Statehood Parties. To this the chancellor of the Ponce diocese, Msgr. Victor Nazario, added a warning. "Any Catholic who preaches or publicly supports the program of the Popular Democratic Party...