EIGHTH ARMY PRAISED
CATHOLIC BISHOP OP TRIPOLI
Rec. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, Feb. 18. While British soldiers worshipped with Italian civilians in Tripoli Cathedral, other Italians were present at dozens of small Protestant services held by units of the Eighth Army and joined in the singing, despite the language difficulty, states a Cairo message. The Catholic Bishop of Tripoli, preaching, in the Cathedral, praised the piety aad devotion of the soldiers of the Eighth Army. The congregation included British and Dominion soldiers.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 42, 19 February 1943, Page 3
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