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JUNE 27, 1942 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA THREE-B Canards About Latin America Held to Be Nazi Propaganda WASHINGTON—For some time stories which seek to defame the Catholic clergy of Latin America have been circulated in the United States. The general tenor of these charges is that priests and religious in certain countries are involved in Nazzi-Fascist conspiracies. The Catholic Press hdS refuted these accusations, convinced that what appears on the surface to be an anti-Nazi campaign is actually pro- Nazi and is directed against inter- American solidarity that their real purpose is to sow suspicion and doubt even in the minds of Catholics. On February 16, a radio com mentator in the United States broadcast a notice that Brazilian authorities had found and captur ed a great quantity of arms, in tended for a Nazi uprising, con- cealde in the Church of the Ceara Monastery by German Francis cans. Investigations started im mediately by the N. C. W. C. News Service revealed that the Brazil ian press had made no reference to the matter, and that the police had no record, up to March, of any such discovery of illegal arms de posits. • The Very Rev. Matheus Hoeters; ©. F. M., Franciscan Provincial, authorized the Brazil correspon dent of the N. C. W. C. to deny the story in its entirety in his name. The Brazilian Embassy at Wash ington affirmed that up to March 1, it has received no information on the subject. >, REPORTS PROVED FALSE Later, certain papers at Bahia and Parahyba published reports about totalitarian arms, munitions and propaganda said to have been discovered in Franciscan monas teries in that locality. The Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Pa rahyba invited the police to prove for themselves the falsity of the reports. Investigation again re vealed that the stories were with out foundation. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joaquin Na- buco, the N. C. W. C. Brazil cor respondent, reported that officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other Government agencies de clared that they had no informa tion relative to any such confis cation of arms, and that the Most Rev. Moyses Coelho, Archbishop of Parahyba, categorically denied the charges against Catholic in stitutions. At a conference of Mexican Gov ernors at Mazatiari,' in February, Governor Silvano Barba Gongalex of Jalisco charged that certain elements among 'the Catholic clergy were “exploiting” the reli gious sentiment of Catholics in favor of the totalitarian countries. Immediately Minister of Foreign Affairs Ezequiel Padilla issued a statement: “Nothing authorizes me to affirm that the clergy of our country is carrying on a work of Nazi-Fascist propaganda.” Senator Alfonso Filores Mancilla, chairman of the Senate Committee for the Investigation of Fifth Column Ac tivities, said: “The Committee has not received, among the numerous reports and denunciations present ed to it, any that refers in any way to the Catholic clergy or to Catholics as such. No data has been; supplied, nor is there any Indication that Catholics or the clergy are aiding the Rome-Ber- lin-Tokyo Axis.” The Most Rev. Luis M. Marti nez, Archbishop of Mexico, in a statement’'to the press, reviewed the attitude of the Mexican Church —to keep out of all politics, na tional or international. ’“The one thing that we have had to em phasize within this strictly Catho lic criterion,” the Archbishop add ed, “is that, in conformity with our doctrine, Catholics must sup port the international policy of the civil Government so long as it is evident that this policy is neither unust nor contrary to Cath olic conscience, because—legally and morally—the civil Government is the one to delineate this policy.” Similar statements were made by the Most Rev. Jose Garibi Rivera, Archbishop of Guadalajajra, which is the capital of the State of Jalis co. The Mexican press reacted quickly and forcefully against the charges made by the Governor of Jalisco. On May 23, the Protestant radio at Quito, HCJB, and the daily El Comercio simultaneously accused Carmelite Missionaries in Ecuador of engaging in Falangist propa ganda. This accusation, it was insinuated, originated at a meet ing of the Quito Municipal Coun cil. El Comercio later published a denial signed by the President of the Municipal Council who took to task these who sought to in volve the Council in such an af fair. The Very Rev. Froilan Her rera, Superior of the Carmelites, declared that the charges were completely false. REDS ACTIVE IN COSTA RICA In Costa Rica the Communist Party was very active during the political campaign last year.' El Trabajo, the Communist weekly,: on May 31, 1941, reported that a clandestine radio, in the service of Germany, was functioning in the San Jose Seminary and that, as a consequence, one of the profes sors,; a Vicentian, had been arrest ed biy the police. This caused on ly amusement among most Costa Ricans, and was promptly denied by the Ministry of Public Safety and the Archbishop of San Jose. The Most Rev. Victor Sapabria said: “H anybody is to be arrest ed, it ought to be the Archbishop. The Seminary is an institution be longing to and under the juris diction of the Archdiocesan Au thority. I am responsible for what goes on there.” The Minister of Public Safety said: “The rumors being circulated about the dis covery of a radio broadcasting: sta tion in the Seminary are absolute ly unfounded.” . This spring two anti-clerical pa pers of San Salvador, Diario Latino and Avance, said that priests were making “totalitarian propaganda from the pulpit.” Criterio, the Catholic weekly of San Salvador, replied on April 21: “The attitude of the said 'papers does not cause any. surprise. To the contrary, we are surprised that they have de layed so long in carrying out the dictates of we-do-not-know-what sectarian source, aimed at embar rassing Catholicism.” After re ferring to similar campaigns in other countries and, particularly, the one recently formulated in Ar gentina, Criterio concluded: “These tactics are old and well known. . . This is the story of all persecutions against the Church . . . It is the same, the very same pretex feigned by the Nazis in Germany and the occupied coun tries. What it really amounts to is that these sectarians regard with envious eyes the enormous prestige of the Catholic Church throughout the world and try to undermine her reputation.” With Catholic Nurses in the War Zone “Somewhere in Australia” these Catholic nurses with the United States armed forces say their ros aries during Mass. They are members of one of the units of the Army Nurse Corps which recently arrived safely “Down Under.” Their names were not given. International Soundphoto. (N.C.W.C.) REV. DANIEL O'BRIEN DIES IN COLUMBIA Bishop Walsh Officiates at Funeral of Beloved Priest ' of Diocese of Carleston MARCUS LOEB & CO., Inc. PANTS FOR MEN AND BOYS Atlanta, Georgia. J. N. HIRSCH 144 Marietta Street ATLANTA SAM—LEWIS—HAROLD ■ CHARLESTON. §. C. i- Funeral services for the Rev. Daniel Mar tin O’Brien, who died on May 25 in Columbia, were held from the Cathedral of. St; John the Baptist with the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charles ton, offering the Pontifical Re quiem Mass. ■ All of the priests of Charleston, and many of the clergy who had served in the Diocese with Father O’Brien were present in the sanc tuary. Among those attending from outside the city were-the Very Rev. Martin C. Murphy, the Rev. Charles J. Baum,’ Columbia; the Rev. Philip Reed," O. M. I., the Rev John J. Clancy, the Rev. Tim othy McGrath; Sunilei;; the Rev. Thomas O’Shaughnessy, Green ville; the Rev. John Walsh, C. SS. R., the Very Rev. Edwin Shearer, C. SS. R„ the Rev. John Volk, C. SS. R., Orangeburg; the Rev. Wil liam A. Tobin, Florence; the Rev. George Lewis Smith, Aiken; the RCv. Albert Albert Faase, Cong. Orat., Beaufort; the Rev. Richard Madden, the Rev. John Steigner, Georgetown; the Rev. Louis R. Williamson, Hartsville; the Rev. William Sheridan,, chaplain of the overseas discharge and replace ment depot, Charleston. Officers of the Mass included the Rt. Rev. Msgr. James J. May, V. G., assistant priest; the Rev. Timothy McGrath and the Rev. Al bert - Faase, Cong. Orat., deacons of honor; the Very Rev. Martin C. Murphy, deacon of the Mass, the Rev. George Lewis Smith, sub deacon. Members of P. N. Lynch Council, Knights of Columbus, acted as a guard of honor. Father O’Brien, who had served many parishes in the Diocese, had been critically ill for some weeks and in declining health for several years. He was a native of Killaloe, County of Clare, Ireland, and was ordained at All Hallows Collge, Dublin, in 1914. He had served as assistant at St. Patrick’s Church here and at Aiken and Greenville. He was at St. Mary’s Church, Georgetown, for fourteen years, at St. Francis de Sales Church, Co lumbia, for two years, and since 1941, when his health began to fail, he resided at the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Rock Hill. gregation would give him money for clothes and he woud give the money to others whom he thought had greater need. On one occosion his congregation presented him with a purse, to be used to pur chase a first class ticket to his home in Ireland. He made the voyage as a steel-age passenger, giving what he had saved to chari ty. He was especially active in civic movements and was interest ed in the -Boy Scouts and other youth activity. He was an ardent sportsman and delighted in hunt ing, fishing and swimming. • ' Father O’Brien is survived by two brothers,; John O’Brien arid Henry O’Brieit, of Killaloe, Coun ty Clare, Ireland, and two sisters, Mrs. J. Maloney, of Killaloe. : and Sister M. Flannan, the Castle : Blaekrock, Dublin, Ireland, Among other surviving- relativ.es are Mrs. F.* B. Carr and Mrs.- D; P. Sulli van, of Augusta, Ga. ' : ; Following Own Advice Minister Enters Church In Georgtown, where he ren dered his longest service, Father O’Brien was noted for his charity, regardless of the religious belief of those he aided. Often, his con- Requiem Mass for Father O’Brien at Columbia Ckurcti (Special to The Bulletin) COLUMBIA, S. C. — A Requiem High Mass for the repose of the soul of the Rev, Daniel M. O’Brien, who died here on May 25,. were of fered at St. Peter’s Church on May 27 by the Very Rev. Martin C. Mur phy, the pastor. Clergy present in the sanctuary included the Rt. Rev. Monsignor A. K, Gwynn, V. F., of Greenville; the Rev. Louis Ford, Columbia; the Rev. Thomas Weiland, O. P.,- Co lumbia; the Rev. Francis O. Ferri, Spartanburg; the Rev. Thomas J. Mackin, Columbia; the Rev. John P. Clancy, Sumter; the Very Rev. Vincent G. Scharff, Cong. Orat., Rock Hill; the Rev. Thomas O’Shaughnessy, Greenville, the Rev. Thomas Mulvihill, Columbia, and the Rev. Timothy McGrath, Sumter. Army chaplains from Fort Jack- son who attended were, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. William F. O’Brien, the Rev. Joseph N, Pohl, C. SS. R., the Rev. Charles J. Reaney, the Rev. Thomas J. Donelly, the Rev. Charles D. Rooney, O. P., the Rev. John J. Powers, the Rev. Alfred Longley, the Rev. William L. Bowl er, and the Rev. George J. Flani gan. Pallbearers were Mayor Fred D. Marshall, S. J. Parks, Charles Bultman, James Hopkins, William Donelan, Joseph Keeler, Jr., W. P. Watson, Dan Gibson, W. L. Ren- nett, Carl Niggel, P. H. Morgan, A. F. Baylie, Francis J. Dutton, Francis J. Dutton, Jr., John Bult man, Thomas N. Frickling, W. B. Wells, William Carter, John Car ter, Frank Devereaux, Allen Done lan, George Dieter, Dr. Riger G. Doughty, Dr. F. E. Zemp, Dr. Wil liam Boyd, Dr. D. S. Pope and Dr. T. A. Pitts. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) CLEVELAND — The Rev. Hoy den J. D. Mott* former . Rector of Advent Episcopal Church, Lake- wood, O , his wife and two Children were received into the Catholic Church recently by the Most Rev. James A. McFadden, Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, and received their First Communion the follow ing day. Thus w as marked the end of a 10-year search for the Truth by the former minister and his wife. Mr. Mott resigned his pastorate -when he began taking instruction, and his letter of farewell was read to his former. congregation. “My wife and I are entering the Catholic Church,”: Mr. Mott wrote. “This decision comes only after long study and earnest prayer to gether arid is the acknowledgment on our part of the obligations which come with the Holy Gospel.” Paradoxically, it was his minis terial work as an Episcopalian clergyriien that put him on the path td the Catholic Church. Mr. Mott recalls that a young woman w'ent to him for advice. She wished to marry a Catholic, but was traditionally prejudiced against the’ Churcji and was loath to make the usual promises re garding the unbringing of child ren. Her fiance had given her Cardinal Gibbons’ “Faith of Our Fathers” to read, but she had re fused to do so until Mr. Mott ad vised her to. In the meantime, he himself read the book and dis covered it answered the difficulties besetting himself. When the woman returned he not only ad vised her to go through with the marriage but also to consider en tering the Catholic Church. The minister himself meanwhile had resolved to take instruction. Mr. Mott says he broached the subject to Mrs. Mott arid was amaz ed to find not only that Mrs. Mott was willing he should take the step but wished to follow suit, be cause, she, too, had encountered the same inward difficulties. “We studied the Catholic Church’s position,” he said, “and after long consideration and pray er we realized that it was better for us to become Catholics at once. That was a very happy moment in my life—a knowledge that my wife was not coming into the Church with me because of a sense of duty but because she herself believed as I did.” The Mott children are Nancy Irene, 5, and Stephen, 2. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mott are the children of ministers and have strong Protest ant backgrounds.