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North Carolina Catthik Volume I. Nazareth, N. C., Sunday, February 23, 1947 Number 21 His Eminence Conrad Cardinal von Preysing, Bishop of Berlin, is greeted as he arrived by plane at LaGuardia Field, New York, by His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. The German Cardinal, accompanied by his secretary, will visit in the United States to personally convey the thanks of the German Catholics for the aid which American Catholics have sent to his war-stricken country. AJ Wirephoto. (NC Photos) Monsignor Sheen Explains Catholic Stand Against Evil of Communism New York.—(NC)—While many people recognize the Church as “the only solid moral force in the world that is op posed to the new barbarism” of communism, there are many more who do not know why the Church opposes the Red philoso Anti-Catholic Bill Killed By the Man Who Sponsored It Spokane, Wash.—(NC)—Legis lation which wotlld have obliged parents to obtain permission from local school superintendents be fore sending their children to par ochial schools, has been killed by . unanimous consent of the Wash ington State Senate in Olympia at the request of one of its co sponsors, Senator' Thomas H. Bi enz of Dishman, who asserted he had not even read the bill. “It died without a tear being shed for it,” The Spokane Review, secular daily, reported. The pa per also disclosed that the other sponsor, Senator Leslie V. Morgan of Yakima, also admitted that he had not read the bill, but got (Continued on Page 6) Ignorance of Biblical , Matters Shown by Tars London.—(NC) — Nearly half the men of 13 and 19 who are jpining the British Navy can say only the opening words of the "Our Father,” Admiral Sir Geof frey Layton, Commander-in Chief of the Portsmouth, area has declared. Nearly one in six does not know why Christmas Day is celebrated he said. Nearly 28 per cent do not know who Our Lord was; 61 per cent do not know where He was bora. phy, Mnsr. Fulton J. Sheen, of the Catholic University of America, declared on the Cath olic Hour this evening. He delivered the fourth in a series of eleven addresses on communism in his 17th consecu tive year on the Catholic Hour program which is produced by the National Council of Catholic Men and carried by the National Broadcasting Company. Many erroneously believe that the Church opposes communism because it is anticapitalistic, Mon (Continued on Page 12) Czech Priest Given High Decoration^ By French People Prague. — (NC) — The French Government has conferred the decoration Pour la Resistance on Msgr. Aloysius Tylinek, deputy Mayor of Prague, in recognition of the priest’s courageous stand during the nazi occupation. The decoration was presented by Mau_ rice Dejean, the French Ambas sador to Czechoslavakia, who pointed to the priest’s popularity as a proof of the firm bond of friendship holding together the Czech clergy and people. Father Tylinek, who is a pas tor of one of the city’s suburban parishes, is one of the most popu lar members on the town coun cil of Prague. During the war he was jailed by the nazis in the Dachau concentration camp and later liberated by the American arpiy. High Court Decision May Bring Many Similar Cases, Jesuit Says The author of the following article is recognized as an authority on Church-State relations. He is editor of Theological Studies, a contributing editor of the Catholic weekly, America, and professor of dogmatic theology at Woodstock (Md.) College. By REV. JOHN COURTNEY MURRAY, SJ. In his column in the New York Times, Arthur Krock ventured the opinion that the Su* preme Court decision in the Everson case, regarding school bus transportation for pupils of non-profit schools, will precipitate a line of cases dealing with the same central issue—the restrictions placed by the First Amendment on governmental aid to education. German Youth Group Protests Forced Labor In Reich Coal Mines COLOGNE, Germany —(NC)— Pointing out that tens of thousands of German trained coal miners are still prisoners of war of the Al lies, the Catholic Youth Associa tion of this archdiocese has sub mitted a formal protest to the British Military Government au thorities here against the forced enlistment of young people as mine workers. In recent weeks young men 21 to 23 years old, had to submit to physcal examinations. Those who were found fit had to give up their present jobs and were sent to the mines without a specified time limit and without being asked for their consent. This procedure, the Catholic Youth Association says, runs counter to basic civil liber ties. , His Eminence Josef Cardinal Fringa, Archbishop of Cologne, in conversations with the British au thorities has equally expressed se_ rious misgivings about forced la bor, no matter how badly it may be needed. Two Million Youngsters Starting Saving To Help the Starving WASHINGTON —(NC)— Dur ing Lent more than 2,000,000 Ca tholic children in parochial schools of the United States will partici pate in the “Save Starving Chil dren” campaign, a feature~of the Bishops’ Relief Campaign for Vic. tims of War, Archbishop John T. McNicholas, O. P., oL Cincinnati, chairman of the Administrative Board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference has announc ed. He reminded that the cam paign will be for $5,000,000 and will be conducted throughout the United States dining the week of Laetare Sunday, March 16 to 22. Archbishop McNicholas stated that money for the “Save Starv (Continued on Page 12) English Bishop Named To Churchill Group London.—(NC) — Bishop Ed ward Ellis of Nottingham, who has joined Winston Churchill’s newly-formed United Europe Committee, an all-party group be lieving in world government, Is fast becoming one of the out standing members of the British Hierarchy. Consecrated less than three years ago, Bishop Ellis is*noted for his outspoken comment on cur rent affairs. inis is probably true. But il is to be hoped that future cases will solodify in law the basis oi the Everson decision, and con firm the same reasoning of th€ majority opinion. Justice Black, who wrote the majority opinion, has contributed an important doc ument to the history of American jurisprudence. It is distinguished by its learning, its firm grasp of the central legal issues, and above all by its vision of the concrete contemporary situation in which the issue of “separation of Church and State” has been raised. Justice Black’s opinion rather quickly disposes of the contention that the New Jersey statute and resolution, inasmuch as they au thorize reimbursement of parents for money spent by them for the transportation of their children to (Continued on Page 12) Take Psycho-Analysis Out of Secular Hands Urges Archbishop London.—(NC) — Archbishop Richard Downey if Liverpool told a meeting of Catholic doctors in Liverpool that psychol-analysis should be taken out of the hands of the secularists. “Only too often in the past have we stood aside and allowed a new discovery to be moulded in the interests of materialistic or agnostic philosophy,” the Arch bishop said, in an address to the Guild of SS. Luke, Cosmas and Damian. Warning against the moral dan gers involved in the psycho-analy tic method, he said it must be ad mitted “that the arbitrary inter pretations put upon dreams, chance actions and other motiva (Continued on Page 12) ' Stepinac Trial Deplored In Resolution Passed By Texas Legislature Austin, Tex.—(NC)—The relig ious persecution in Yugoslavia em phasized by the harsh treatment of Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac, imprisoned Zagreb prelate, was condemned in a resolution passed concurrently by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Texas Legislature. The resolution was introduced by Senator Gus J. Strauss, prominent Catholic of Hallettsville district. The OZNA, secret police, and the Yugoslav government were criticized severely on 30 differ ent counts in the resolution. Copies of the resolution have been furnished to the two United States Senators from Texas, to each member of the national House of Representatives, and to the President of the United States. I Sisters Arrival Checks ; Epidemic in China Columbans Disclose St. Columbans, Nebr.—(NC)— The Sisters have landed and have the situation well in hand! Such was the conclusion of a letter from Bishop Patrick Cleary, of Nancheng, China, a St. Columban Missionary. Two Sisters of St. Columban, recent arrivals in China, were sent to Nancheng, the letter re ceived at the mission society headquarters here disclosed. The day after their arrival an epidem ic of cholera broke out in the city. The newly-arrived Sisters rolled up their sleeves and got right to work. In a very short time they had the disease under control. A few babies were lost, and these already had been dan gerously ill. Had the epidemic broken out befire the Sisters arrived, the loes of life would have been very high, the Bishop Concluded. None of the Columban Fathers in Nan cheng were stricken. Mural in Iowa Church Shows Modern People In Religious Settings Dubuque.—(NC)—1The modem touch in murals has been achiev ed in Sacred Heart Church, here, where two new paintings by Pe dro Teran depict characters in present day dress. The work of the full-blooded Aztec Indian ar tist thus emphasizes that 20th century sainthood is within the grasp of all. The first mural pictures a 1947 wedding, a baptism, children grouped around a nun, an angel leading small tots to the altar to receive Holy Communion, a fam ily saying the Rosary, and the Blessed Virgin pointing heaven continued on Page 12) Baptists Urged to Give Program Like Catholics CHAPEL HILL. — (NC) — What the Southern Baptist Con vention needs for its radio activi ties is ,a speaker of the caliber of Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen and a pro gram like the National Council of Catholic men’s Catholic Hour, the Baptist publication “Christian Frontiers” declared here. The Catholic Hour arouses great admiration in us, the Bap tist editor wrote, “especially when so gifted and compelling a speak er as Monsignor Fulton Shefsa ia delivering his annual series of ad dresses.”
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