VISIT CANCELLED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 14, 17 January 1940, Page 10

VISIT CANCELLED.

CARDINAL HINSLEY'S PLANS. CON'GRESS IX XEW ZEALAND. The distinguished English churchman, P-.irdinal Hinsley, Archbishop of Westminster, who emphasised the justice of the Allies' cause in a recent pastoral letter, has expressed regret, in a letter t<> Archbishop O'Shea, that because of the war he will not Ik* able to attend tho National Rueharistie Congress, to be held in Wellington early next month, as I , a pal Legate. l'o[>e Pius XII. has subsequently appointed Archbishop Panico, Apostolic Deleg«te in Sydney, to be hie legate at tho congress. "Your prayers," said Cardinal Hinsley, referring to the congress, "will help us over here in Europe to bear the awful burden and scourge of this conflict. May God defend tho right. He knows that we have striven hard and pleaded for peace. "I am particularly sorry for you who have spent so much energy and zeal here and at home to organise the congress. God knows best. We are in His hands. Hβ will draw the greatest good out of the worst evil. We must accept these awful visitations ae His chastisements for wrong done in many ways and as correction from His fatherly hands." The Cardinal concluded by wishing Archbishop O'Shea all success and the greatest bleseings in his magnificent work in his century-old mission.