CHURCH AND STATE.
ITALIAN SITUATION
Received June 19, 8.30 a.m. PARIS, June 18.
The Journal’s special correspondent at Rome interviewed Signor Mussolini and asked what was tlip exact point of friction between the Church and the State.
Signor Mussolini replied: “At the head of the Catholic Actionists are failures and disgruntled members of the old Popular Party, who have a grudge against us over the orientation of their policy. The Vatican has been put on its guard against the peril of this extreme policy, which may awaken anti-clericalism, which is now dormant, and the existence of which the Vatican is well aware.” SOCIAL REFORM. MUSSOLINI’S ACTION. Received June 19, 11.45 a.m. LONDON, June 18. Dr Marie Stopes lias accepted and invitation from Signor Mussolini to lecture in Rome on birth control. Signor Mussolini is expected to preside. It will bo interesting to observe the Vatican’s reaction to the Duce’s move in view of the Pope’s recent condemnation of birth control.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 169, 19 June 1931, Page 7
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