.REPORT TO HOLY SEE
NAZI PERSECUTION OF CATHOLICS
HITLER YOUTH OUTRAGES
(Received November 4, 1 p.m.)
ROME, November 3. The Apostolic Nuncio in. Berlin,- in a report to the Holy See, says'perse- 7 cution of Roman Catholics' in German v territory increased after the issuing ," of the encyclical.-
It is understood the report allege* that members of the Hitler Youth entered churches in "the Osnabruck Diocese and chased the faithful out .of them and attacked and beat Catholics emerging from churches in the St. Polten Diocese. The authorities at Rottenburg warned priests not to discuss the encyclical from their pulpits-and not to distribute copies.
The Papal Encyclical issued , •> Sunday condemned regimes which : • suppress religion.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 109, 4 November 1939, Page 14
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