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VOL. XXI. No. 3
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MARCH 23, 1940
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Pius XII Reviews First Year of Pontificate
Bulletins
TWENTY - ONE CARDINALS,
members of the dimplomatic corps,
and Myron C. Taylor, President
Roosevelt's personal representative at
the Vatican, were present at a public
consistory which followed immedi
ately a secret consistory, on March 7.
. The first consistory was for the pur
pose of naming new Bishops, and the
second for the advancement of two
causes for canonization.
BRIG. GEN GEORGE P. SCRIVEN,
retired Catholic army officer, who
distinguished himself in his long mili
tary career, died at Southern Pines,
N. C.. March 9. A native of Phila
delphia. he was grauated from West
Point in 1878.
MOST. REV. MICHAEL J. CUR
LEY, Archbishop of Baltimore and
Washington, will be installed as head
the newly-erected See of Washington,
at St Matthews Cathedral, on Easter
Monday.
MOST REV. CHRISTIAN H.-WIN-
KELMANN was installed as fourth
Bishop of the Diocese of Wichita at
solemn ceremonies held in St. Mary’s
Cathedral. March 5, the Most Rev.
John J. Glennon, Archbishop of St.
Louis, under whom Bishop Winkel-
mann had served as Auxiliary, was
consecrator.
CHICAGO'S FOURTH ARCHBISH
OP, the Most Rev. Samuel A. Stritch,
was enthroned with impressive cere
mony in the Cathedral of the Holy
Name, March 7, before a congregation
composed of all members of the Hier
archy of the United States, represen
tatives of the Hierarchy of Mexico
and Canada, hundreds of clergy and
Religious and still other hundreds
of the laiety.
His Excellency, the Most Rev. Am-
leto Giovanni Cigognani, Apostoftc
Delegate to the United States, offici
ated at the enthronement ceremonies.
THE JEWISH PEOPLE have played
and continue.to play a mighty part
in the world and the history of re
ligion, declared the Most Rev. John
J. Cantwell, Archbishop of Los An
geles. before the Beverly Hills Lodge
of B'nai Brith at a public meeting at
which he was guest Speaker.
FOUR CARDINALS, the United
States ambassador to Italy, members
of the diplomatic corps in Rome and
high Vatican dignitaries were present
at a brilliant reception which Bishop
Ralph L. Hayes, rector of the North
American College in Rome, tendered
for Myron C. Taylor.
“THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL OR
DER,' statement of the archbishops
and Bishops of the Administrative
Board of the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference issued on Ash Wed
nesday, is to be printed as a Senate
document.
Senator Robert M. LaFolIette, Jr.,
of Wisconsin, asked unanimous con
sent to have the Statement printed
as a document, and there was no ob
jection.
BILL WOULD APPLY
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
TO RELIGIOUS BODIES
Measure Introduced by Sen
ator Walsh in Accord With
N. C. W. C. Position
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — A move to ex
tend Federal old-age and survivors
insurance benefits of the Social Se
curity Act to lay employes of reli
gious and charitable institutions,
without affecting the tax-exempt
status of such institutions, is made
in an amendment to the Social Se
curity Act introduced by Senator Da
vid I. Walsh, of Massachusetts. The
measure was referred to the Senate
Committee on Finance.
In 1939, the Administrative Board
of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference requested that the Social
Security Act be amended to permit
lay workers in religious, charitable
and educational institutions to partic
ipate in old-age benefits without
prejudice to the tax-exempt status of
these works. This position of the Ad
ministrative Board was stated in a
communication to Senator Pat Harri
son, of Mississippi, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Finance, by the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Ready,
General Secretary of the N. C. W. C.
Papal Medal Given
Mrs. Myron Taylor
President Roosevelt’s Per
sonal Representative at
Vatican Presents Mrs. Tay
lor to the Holy Father
U. S. ENVOY ARRIVES AT VATICAN
BY MSGR. ENRICO PUCCI
(Vatican City Correspondent, N. C.
W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY. — Received in a
private audience by His Holiness
Pope Pius XII, Myron C. Taylor, Pres
ident Roosevelt’s personal representa
tive at the Vatican, presented Mrs.
Taylor to the Holy Father.
Pope Pius welcomed Mrs. Taylor
cordially and presented her with an
annual medal of his Pontificate struck
in gold.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and Harold
Tittman, Mr. Taylor’s secretary, were
guests at a dinner given by United
States Ambassador William Phillips
at Villa Taverna on Wednesday.
Among the 28 guests present were
members of the Roman nobility and
of the diplomatic corps accredited to
the Holy See. These included Prince
Marcantonio Colonna, Prince Assist
ant at the Pontifical Throne; Prince
Ludovici Chigi Albani della Rovere,
Commander of the Papal Nobel
Guard, and the Princess; Dino Al-
fieri, Italian Ambassador to the Vati
can. and the Irish, British and Hun
garian envoys to the Holy See.
Pope Receives Sumner Welles
and Myron Taylor at Vatican
Holy Father Holds Lengthy Conversation With
Distinguished American Diplomats
BY MSGR. ENRICO PUCCI,
VATICAN CITY. — His Holiness
Pope Pius XII received in a private
audience Sumner Welles, President
Roosevelt’s special envoy to various
European governments, and Myron
C, Taylor, President Roosevelt’s per
sonal representative at the Vatican.
His Holiness engaged the disting
uished Americans in private conver-
astion for 47 minutes, after which they
visited His Eminence Luigi Cardinal
Maglione, Papal Secretary of State,
with whom they conversed for 38 min
utes. Mr. Welles then went to the Ho
tel Excelsior, where Cardinal Magli-
one returned the call this afternoon.
Mr. Welles and Mr. Taylor and
members of Mr. Welles’ suite left the
Hotel Excelsior at 9:30 a. m. in two
automobiles sent for them from the
Vatican. They arrived in the court
yard of St- Damasus 15 minutes later,
and were welcomed by Professor De
Sanctis, an honorary chamberlain and
a member of the Pontifical Academy
of Sciences. Escorted to the Clemen
tine Hall, the visitors were rendered
military honors by the Swiss Guard.
Details of other military bodies, in
cluding the Noble Guard, rendered
similar honors while the party was
passing to the antechamber of the
Holy Father's private apartment,
where, they were greeted by Monsig
nor Alberto Arborio-Mella di Sant’-
Elie, Mestro di Camera to His Holi
ness.
After making three ceremonial bows
as they were ushered into the pres
ence of Pope Pius XII in his private
library, Mr. Taylor presented Mr.
Welles to His Holiness- The Holy Fa
ther warmly welcomed the American
Ur.der-Secretary of State, and invited
the two visitors to take seats near his
table. Then began a private conversa
tion that lasted exactly 47 minutes.
At the cone'usion of his private au
dience, Mr. Welles presented members
of his suite to Pope Pius. These in
cluded Jay Pierrepont Moffat. Chief
of the Division of European Affairs of
the United States State Department.
ar.J L. Hartwell Johnson, personal
secretary to Mr. Welles. _
Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt’s personal representative to
the Vatican, shown, upper photo, with United States Ambassador
r Philipps and Sumner Welles, Undersecretary of State, as they ar
rived aboard the liner Rex in Naples. Below: Mr. Taylor, with an
escort of Vatican dignitaries, as he visited His Holiness Pope Pius
XII. February 27. (N.C.W.C.)
Archbishop Spellman
Invested With Pallium
Applauds Appointment of Myron Taylor— States Cath
olic Position on Separation of Church and State
MOMENTOUS EVENTS
HAVE TRANSPIRED
DURING HIS REIGN
Pontiff Tells Cardinals No
Earthly Mind Can Calculate
Consequences of Political,
Economic and Spiritual
Changes
BY MSGR. ENRICO PUCCI
(Vatican City Correspondent, N. C.
W. C. News Service).
VATICAN CITY — The first year
of his Pontificate has seen develop
ments sufficient to fill a whole cen
tury in the normal history of man
kind, His Holiness Pope Pius XII told
the members of the Sacred Heart
College of Cardinals who came to fe
licitate him on the first aniversafy of
his cironation.
The last year, the Holy Father
said, has changed “the external and
internal structure of Europe,” and
has initiated “political, economic and
spiritual changes the final consequen
ces and repercussions of which no
earthly mind can calculate.”
His Holiness said that “peace which
is supported by cognizance of God
and Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Way
of Truth and Life, is the longing wish
of Our soul.” He added that “from
this hill We contemplate the world
in tempest,” and that “Our hope and
trust are reposed in God, in Whose
hands are the hearts of men no less
(Continued on Page Nine)
Hollywood May Produce
Film of Life of Pius XI
(By N. C- W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—“Peace with Jus
tice” is the motto of His Holiness
Pope Pius XII and “Peace with Jus
tice” is what America wills and prays
for the world, the Most Rev. Francis
J. Spellman, Archbishop of New
York, said at ceremonies attendant
upon his being invested with the Sa
cred Pallium.
His Eminence Dennis Cardinal
Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadel
phia, officiated at the ceremony in St.
Patrick’s Cathedral, where a Solemn
Pontifical Mass was celebrated.
Archbishop Spellman applauded the
action of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in appointing Myron C.
Taylor as his personal representative
at the Vatican to work with the Holy
Father in efforts to restore world
peace and to alleviate the suffering
that accompanies war.
The Archbishop said he recognized
that some would not readily under
stand the action of the President, but
he added that “it would seem that
good will, and reflection on their
part” would persuade them “to be
more cooperative”.
“President Roosevelt and the reply
of the Pope,” he said, “speak of peace,
and all should realize that without
God and without religion there can be
no peace- The only reason which the
non-approvalists seem to have is the
shibboleth of separation of Church
and State.”
ENUNCIATES CATHOLIC
PRINCIPLES
The Archbishop then took occasion
to enunciate the Catholic principle in
this regard, pointing out that the im
mediate goal and object of the Church
is the supernatural sanctification of
the souls of men, while those of the
state are concerned with their tem
poral welfare. These objects, he said,
can and do overlap.
Opposition to the appointment of
Mr. Taylor from the forces of anti
religion might have been foreseen, the
Archbishop said; and continued;
“Opposition from the forces of an
ti-religion might have been foreseen,
and the Soviet Union has in fact crit
icized the Mission. But it is discon
certing to hear criticism that implied
a preference to have men continue to
slay one another rather than have
peace through the co-operation of a
Catholic and an Episcopalian. The
Holy Father is not alone the Supreme
Head of the Catholic Church. He is
also head of a Sovereign State. Thir
ty-eight countries have representa
tives at the Holy See.”
(By N.C.W.C. News Service)
LOS ANGELES. — A motion pic
ture of the life of Pope Pius XI nay
be produced in Hollywood soon, ac
cording to Louella Parsons, columnist,
writing for the Los Angeles Examiner.
“I hope Arthur Hornblow’s negoti
ations with Danton Manfredo, for The
Life of Pope Pius XI’ are success
ful,” Miss Parsons says. “The asking
price is 575,000 and the present Pon
tiff has given his approval of the
story, which is based on the biogra
phy of this great Catholic leader.
With the world in its present state of
turmoil and hatred, it seems fitting
that such a picture should be made
now, for the late Pope worked un
ceasingly for world peace.
"His memory will live in the hearts,
not only of Catholics, but of all those
who appreciated his efforts for world
peace. Those of us who were fortu
nate enough to have had an audience
with him will never forget his fine
spiritual face and his gentle bearing.
Born Achille Ratti, of poor people, his
rise to the place at the head of the
great Catholic Church is filled with
dramatic interest, and Paramount
should be able to produce an inspir
ing picture.”
Cardinal and Bishop O’Hara
Return From South America
Bishop O’Hara Back at His Home in Savannah After
Accompanying Cardinal Dougherty on a Vacation
Voyage to the West Indies, Brazil, Argentine, and
Uruguay
SAVANNAH, Ga.—His Excellency,
the Most Reverend Gerald P. O'Hara,
D. D.. J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta, who accompanied His Emi
nence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty.
Archbishop of Philadelphia, on an
extended tour of South America, re
turned to Savannah on March 9
aboard an Eastern Air Lines plane
from Philadelphia.
After a trip which included visits
to the Barbadoes, Rio de Janeiro,
Buenos Aires, and Montevideo, the
party; which in addition to the Car
dinal and Bishop O'Hara, included
the E’ight Rev. Patrick T. McGee, of
Fall River, Mass., who was a class
mate of the Cardinal at the North
American College in Rome; and the
Rev. Salvator M. Burgio, C. M.. of
Philadelphia; landed in New York
on March 4.
The voyage from South America
was made on the S. S. Brazil of the
American Republics Lines. The Car
dinal and his party transferred to the
United States Coast Guard cutter
Navesink at Quarantine in lower
New York Bay, and a few minutes
later landed at the pier.
A group of Philadelphians, headed
by the Right Rev. Monsignor J. Car-
roll McCormick. Chancellor of the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia, met the
party in New York and accompanied
them to Philadelphia by automobile.
Bishop O’Hara remained for a few
days in Philadelphia, visiting his
parents. Dr. and Mrs. P. J. O'Hara,
It was Bishop O’Hara’s first visit
to South America, and commenting
on South American cities he said; “I
was amazed at their magnificence.
They compare with or surpass many
of our own here in the United
States.” He added that his seven
weeks’ tour convinced him that there
was an increased desire there to "ce
ment the spirit of friendship with
North America.” , ,