THIRTY-TWO NATIONS CONDOLE WITH POPE ON CARDINAL’S SENTENCE

Grey River Argus, 19 February 1949, Page 5

THIRTY-TWO NATIONS CONDOLE WITH POPE ON CARDINAL’S SENTENCE

LONDON, February 16. Diplomats of 33 nations have expressed to the Pope their condolences on the sentence imposed on Cardinal Mindszenty. The Pope replied: “This historic audience reflects faithfully the Thoughts and aspirations of the largest and most wholesome part of humanity.”

Czech Move to Nationalise Property of Catholic Church PRAGUE, Feb. 17. It is officially announced that the Czechoslovak Central Action Committee has re-opened negotiations with the Roman Catholic Church to settle questions between the church and the State. Outstanding questions are understood to be nationalisation of church property, the status of the church schools and the Government’s position about the payment of salaries to priests. The discussions will be based on a memorandum from the Czechoslovak Roman Catholic bishops, arising out of a recent meeting with President Gottwald. Nation of Spies Wanted ? PRAGUE, Feb. 18 Czechs must learn to inform on one another, says a Communist publicist, Vaclav Lacina, writing in the Czech cultural newsnaner. ‘Lidove Noviny.” They must forget their old prejudices and abandon their old sentimentality. To say that a Czech must not inform was “racist and Fascistic.” Lacina singled out for watching persons producing leaflets or indulging in “sinister whispering.”