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Bulletins
IN AN ARTICLE dealing with
(he audiences held hy Ills Holiness
Pope Pius XII, Osservatorc Rom
ano says the Holy Father has not
failed to make known to high offi
cers of the Allied Forces his satis
faction with the edifying behavior
of the troops in the audiences.
•"I he Holy Father has also ex
pressed his particular satisfac
tion,” the article says, \at the fre
quency with which the troops visit
the churches of Rome and their
exemplary behavior during these
visits.”
OSSLRVATORE ROMANO, in
an article entitled “Philippine In
dependence,” lauds the amicable
relations between the United
States and the Philippine Com
monwealth.. “The reciprocal
promises of independence and co
operation,” the article states, “and
the concrete proofs which the
United States and the Philippines
have .given to actuate them arc a
certain guaranty for the future.
The relations between the two
peoples will become ever stronger,
taking their inspiration from the
record of American administra
tion, which by treating the Fili
pinos as equals has gradually ad
vanced them toward independ
ence."
REV. GEORGE J. RENNEKER,
8. M„ has been named president
ol the University of Dayton, Day-
ton, Ohio, to succeed the Rev.
John A. Elbert. S. M., who will
become a member of the faculty
of Trinity College, Sioux City, la.
Father Rennekcr has been with the
University of Dayton for 25 years,
serving as viee-president, regis
trar and dean.
1I1S HOLINESS POPE PIUS
XII has received in audience Lt.
Francis Noonan, grandnephew of
His Eminence Dennis Cardinal
Dougherty, Archbishop of Phila
delphia.
SPONSORED by the Catholic
Labor Alliance of Chicago, a Mass
will be celebrated on Labor Day
in Holy Name Cathdral, in honor
ol Christ the Worker.
AT AMERICAN CATHOLIC CLUB IN ROME
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman, of New York, Military Vicar of the Armed Forces of the United
States, greets some visitors to the American Catholic Club, opened In Rome by the National Catholic
Community Service, Pope Pius XII provided a chapel for the club. Pictured at the dedication cere
monies are, left to right: Archbishop Spellman, Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt's personal rep
resentative at the Vatican; Harold Tittmann', U. S. Charge D'Affaires, and Major General Harry H.
T olinson, Commander of the Rome Area Allied Command. INP photo. (N.C.W.C.)
His Holiness Pope Pius XII
Receives Winston Churchill,
British Leader, in Audience
State Department Adds
Franklin C. Gowan to
U. S. Staff at Vatican
THE TEXT of a courageous pas
toral letter composed by His Emi
nence Joseph Ernest Cardinal Van
Koey, Archbishop of Malines and
Primate of Belgium, in which he
sternly protested the deportation
of King Leopold and members of
the Belgium royal family to Ger
many. has been made available by
the Belgian Embassy in Washing
ton.
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
will broadcast a radio message to
the world on the fifth anniversary
of the outbreak of war in Europe,
Setpember 1. The Holy Father
will be heard at 1:30 p. m. Eastern
War Time.
American Diplomats
Received by Pope
tltadio, N. C. W. C. News Servic
ROME—Hugh R. Wilson, fornu
American ambassador to German
and Admiral William H. Stanlc
former American ambassador 1
Russia, were received in audient
by Hi.s Holiness Pope Pius XII o
August 12.
His Holiness also received Und(
’ecretary of War Robert P. Patte
on and Lieut. Gen. Brehon Some
ille. who were presented by M;
n C. Taylor. personal represent:
tlve of President Roosevelt at tf
>ly See. Also present was Ha
d 11. Tittmann, American Charg
d’Affaires.
A BLESSING IN HEBREW was
imparled recently by Pope Pius
XII to a Jewish soldier, according
to the Jewish Chronicle, publish
ed in London. The Chronicle
states that during the Pope’s in
spection of Allied Iroops in Rome,
h- addressed a Jewish soldier
from Palestine in Hebrew, using
the words of the traditional
priestly blessing: “Yevorechecha
adonai veyishmereeha” (May the
Lord bless thee and keep thee )
(Radio, N. C. W. C. News Service)
ROME.—His Holiness Pope Pius
XII has received Winston Church
ill, Prime Minister of Great Brit
ain, in a private audience which
lasted three-quarters of an hour.
The British Premier was accom
panied to the Vatican Palace by Sir
Francis D’Arcy Osborne, British
Minister to the Holy See, Lord Mo
ran and Commander Thompson, R.
N. In the Courtyard of St. Dara-
asus, where a detachment of the
Palatine Guard was drawn up, the
party was met by a Knight of the
Cape and Sword, who served as an
escort to the elevator and through
the Sala Clementina and other
halls to the Pontifical apartment,
where Swiss Guards and other
armed corps of the Vatican were
on duty.
On the threshold of the Holy
Father’s private apartment, the
Prime Minister was met by the
Maestro di Camera, Msgr. Alberto
Arborio-Mclla di Sant ’Elia, and
other dignitaries. Mr. Churchill
was announced to the Holy Father
by Msgr. Mario Nasalli Rocca di
Corneliano.
The audience took place in the
private library of the Holy Father.
At its conclusion, the other mem
bers of the party were presented
to the Pope.
The Italian Catholic Action
newspaper II Quolidiano emphasiz
ed that the visit of Prime Minis
ter Churchill to the Vatican as
sumes particular importance at
the moment when the war seems
to be drawing to a close and the
great problems of peace are tak
ing shape.
Throughout the conflict, the
newspaper noted, Pius XII has in
dicated the clear bases of interna
tional order founded on justice,
particularly in his Christmas radio
messages of 1939, 1940 and 1941.
“Recognition of this superior mor
al inspiration by those who will b_>
charged with rc-ordering a dis-
Visits Vatican
WINSTON CHURCHILL
turbed world," the newspaper said,
“would be for all peoples a guar
anty of serene justice.”
The article notes that the Presi
dent of the Unified States in send
ing his peersonal representative to
the Holy See indicates that when
the time for restoration of peace
comes parallel action between the
democracies and the Vatican would
be of great importance.
Referring to England, II Quoti-
diano says: “The loyal alttitude
of the Maltese Catholics should
have lessened many anti-Papal
prejudices there, as also should
the contribution made to the cause
by the blood of Catholics of Can
ada and the other British domin
ions and colonies. Great Britain,
which is about to assujne a pre
eminent position among (he coun
tries of Western Europe cannot for
get that those very countries arc
in the great majority, Catholic.”
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON — Appointment
of Franklin Crosbie Gowan, vet
eran American diplomat, to a post
with the United States diplomatic
staff at the Vatican has been an
nounced by the Stale Deoartment.
The department has not announ
ced the position Mr. Gowan will oc
cupy in his new&fissignmet.
Mr. Gowan was born of Ameri
can parents in Florence. Italy, in
1895 and was educated in Italy and
in London. He was an English-
Italian correspondent and translat
or and later a teacher of English
and Italian before he embarked on
a diplomatic career in 1920.
He served as a clerk in the
American Consulate at Leghorn,
Italy, from January 1, 1920, until
October of the sa. le year, when he
was made vice-consul. He served
in this capacity at Genoa in 1925-
28 and held similar posts at Rome,
Naples, Leghorn and Palermo until
1932, when he was transferred to
London.
In London he became a secre
tary in the diplomatic service, and
in 1939, in addition to his other
duties, he served as secretary of
the Embassy with the exiled gov
ernments of Poland, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Norway, Yugoslavia
and Czechoslovakia. He returned
to this country in 1941 and since
last January has been assistant
chief of the Special War Problems
Division of the State Department.
WAR RELIEF SERVICES-Na-
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, a participating service of.
the National War Fund, has sent
10,000 correspondence courses car
rying university credits to war pri
soners and civilian internees. The
courses will meet the demands of
American prisoners of war and in
ternees in camp throughout Nazi-
occupied Europe, whom they will
reach through International Red
Cross channels and the Swiss Cats
olic Mission.
NOTABLES ATTEND
OPENING OF NGGS
CENTER IN ROME
’ By BUltKE WALSH
(N. C- W- C. News Service
War Correspondent)
ROME—(by radio)—With the
Most Rev. Francis J. Spellman,
Archbishop of New York and Mili
tary Vicar of the Armed Forces
of the United States, welcoming
the guests, who included Vatican
officials and high ranking officers
and dignitaries ol' many countries,
an American Catholic Club for
the Allied Forces, sponsored by
the National Catholic Community
Service, was formerly opened this
month.
Among cue distinguished per
sons present was Myron C. Taylor,
personal representative of Presi
dent Roosevelt at the Holy See.
A number of enlisted men from
the armies of the United States,
Great Britain, France and Poland
also were present.
Archbishop Spellman celebrated
the first Mass in the chapel of the
club, which is situated at Num
ber One, Via Conciliaziane, almost
in the shadow of the dome of St.
Peter's.
CHAPEL FURNISHED
BY HOLY FATHER
In a brief sermon the Arch
bishop revealed that His Holiness
Pope Pius XII had furnished Ihe
chapel and supplied the vestments.
Giving thanks first to the Holy
Father, Archbishop Spellman then
expresed gratitude to all who had
“made this magnificent center for
servicemen possible.”
Announcing that he had offered
the Mass for “the welfare of our
country and the welfare of our
soldiers, sailors and marines every
where,” Archbishop Spellman said
all in (lie American forces would
be gratified to know that here in
Rome the American boys with
the armed forces will have a place
which “while it is not home, is
the next best substitute for home.”
“Here the soldiers of all the Al
lied forces will receive, as near as
the human heart and human hand
can make it, a warm American
welcome,” His Excellency said.
Paying special tribute to the
National Catholic Community Ser-
vi.e and to the Rt. Rev, Mgr-
Writer S- Carroll and the Very
Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. McGeough,
who represented that organization
in the opening ceremonies, Arch
bishop Spellman said: “God bless
all who have made this home for
our soldiers possible, and God
bless all who use it.”
Accompanying Mr. Taylor, who
inspected the club this evening in
company with Archbishop Spell
man, were Harold H. Tittmann,
Jr., his aide; Maj. Gen. Harry J.
Johnson, commander of the Allied
Rome Area Command; the Most
Rev. Giovanni Battista Montini,
Under-Secretary of State of the
Vatican; Prince Doria Pampliili,
Mayor of Rome; the Most Rev.
Josef Gawlina, Ordinary of the
Polish Armed Forces, and Prince
liarberini.
Others present included the Rt-
Rev. Francis J. Brennan, of
Philadelphia, an auditor of the
Sacretl Rota; the Rt- Rev. William
Hemmick; the Very Rev. Bede
Hess, O. M. C., the Rev. Vincent
McCormick, S. J.; the Rev. Martin
T. Gilligart, the Rev. Mark Mc-
Inerney, C.SS.R ; the Rev. Fred
erick C. Dietz, M. M-; Colonel Pat
rick J. Ryan, chaplain of the Fifth
Army and a large number of
American chaplains; Monsignor
: lliam Heard, rector of the Eng
lish College, and a number of
English and Polish chaplains.
ACCOMMODATES HUNDREDS
Many spoke in praise of the
facilities offered at the Club for
all Allied servicemen without dis
tinction as to nationality or creed.
Occupying two full floors of a
new office building the club pro
vides a drawing room, information
center, reading room, shower
baths, snack bar, recreation room,
waiting room, conference room
and chaplains’ quarters.
The Club can accommodate hun
dreds of soldiers at a time. The
chapel, with gleaming white walls,
is properly the most impressive
room.