French Priests Fight
ONE AN AIR FORCE COLONEL LONDON, Nov. 3. More than 500 priests from the Parasian diocese—a third of the totaJ number —uro serving with the French Army, it was revealed this week by, Canon Pastcau, who looks after the affairs of mobilised priests in that district.. Among them are the Abbe I*ieat, who is an Air Force colonel, three majors, twelve captlains, 134 lieutenants, seven adjutants, 99 sergeants, 34 corporals and 131 private soldiers. Priests all over France have similarly responded, and the War Ministry lists of men killed in action show that the soldier-priests are strongly represented in the front line. A 25-year-old officer in charge of a machno and anti-tank gun section said this week: “In the fortress I am not a priest. I am a soldier, but the commandant permits me to hold services in the long gallery, and the men come
when they wish. Some people say it is wrong for a priest to fight, but I believe that a priest should face tho same sorrows and dangery as his people.’ ’
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 279, 25 November 1939, Page 12
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