CARDINAL’S PLEA
•' SPARE HOLY PLACES MUST NOT BE DESECRATED ’ SYDNEY, April 27. V The war in Palestine “must not bloody the soil nor desecrate the scene of sacrifice of the Prince of Peace,” said Cardinal Spellman, of New York. ~ He added that his plea was the same '■■■»' year : ago—that not only the Holy - City ■ but all canctuaries precious to ■Christians, Jews and Moslems be spared from chaos, bloodshed and destruction. /“My plea Is not new,” he said, “for mine was almost a lone Christian voice in America when I filed a brief with the United Nations pleading, in God’s name, for the protection of the holy places.” . When asked to comment on the recent Communist coup in Czechoslovakia, Cardinal Spellman replied: “That is none of my business. Ask me something about the Ten Commandments.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22623, 28 April 1948, Page 5
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