Spellman Confirms Pope Is Prisoner
NEW YORK, Sept. 26
Confirmation that the Pope is held prisoner in the Vatican was given by Archbishop Spellman, says the New York “Sunday News.” “The Pope's position is most difficult. Like St. Peter, he is a prisoner, and not free to communicate with his archbishops throughout the world. We have no positive, concrete way of helping him.” According to the “New York Times” correspondent in London, Britain’s Minister to the Vatican, (Mr. Osborne) and the American representative (Mr. Tittman) are communicating fairly regularly with their Governments, but the Germans are determined to halt the practice. “The Times,” speculating on the political consequences of the fall of the Vatican, points out it would not be as drastic as centuries ago, since the nations most shocked France and Spain—are least able to do anything, and adds that high Catholics in London estimate that reaction would be sharpest next in French Canada. South America, and Australia, with dismay and anger voiced by Britain and America.
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Northern Advocate, 27 September 1943, Page 3
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