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Fall. The expression of appreciation is contained in a message sent to the Diocesan Ordinary by Monsignor A. Dell'Acqua, Substitute '"'ecretary of State of His Holiness. Your Excellency, At the gracious direction of the Sovereign Pontiff, I have the pleasing duty of making acknowledgment for the rich Spiritual Bouquet which you presented to Him, on the occasion of your "Adlimina" Visit, in the name of the Diocese of Fall River. The Holy Father has entrusted to me the privileged charge of expressing to Your Excellency, and through you to
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S'uccessful ,Theatre BUFFALO (NC:-- Buffalo's Catholic Theater, in operation for the past two years, is proof that a theater showing only A-1 . (general patronage) movies can be suc~essfu1. Described as the first theater of its kind in the country, Catholic Theater ordinary Holly"';;ood. products provides wholesome Sunday were scheduled-but only those ' entertainment for adults and with A-I ratings of the National youngsters. The theater's Legion of Decency. Located on property adjoining original purpose of showing mainly religious films was side- H~ly Cross Church, the theater tracked somewhat when these was purchased by the parish's films proved to be few in num- . pastor, Msgr. Joseph Gambino, after its owners decided to close bel'. Turn to Page Seventeen ks the theater progressed,
Report Cardinal Stepinac's Death in Native Krasic Word has been received of the death yesterday, February 10, of His Eminence Aloysius Cardinal Stepinac, Archbishop of Zagreb and Metropolitan of Croatia, Yugoslavia. The Cardinal was 61 years of age, and cause of his de ath is not immediately from a "cold which was not conknown. Dr. Branislav Bog- sidered serious., , icevic, personal physician to; T~e Cardinal died in his the Cardinal had reported ,native village, of Krasic,Croatia,
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First Masses At, P·Town Preparations are already under way at St. Peter the Ap<)8tle parish, Provincetown for the unprecedented event of three First Solemn Masses, to be celebrated in April and June. AU -parish societies are cooperating in planning receptions for the ordinands and Mrs. Rose Pedro, housekeeper at St. Peter's rectory, has donated a set of gold brocade vestments to be used at the First Massj;ls. Other parishioners have contributed towards a gold antependium for the altar, which match the vestments. The ordinands include two who will serve in the Diocese, first from the Cape parish. The third is a member of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis.· Turn to Page Two
Diocese of Miami Gets Fund Loan To Build Home MIAMI (NC) - Bishop Coleman F. Carroll of Miami has issued a statement to elarify press reports that a union pension fund has loaned a million dollars to his diocese. The money actually has been loaned not by the union but by the Central States and Southwest Area Pension Fund, Bishop Carroll said. The money contributed to this fund comes solely from uwners of truck lines which have Turn to Page Five
Dispensation MARCH 1'7 B,. virtue of faculties poanted by the Holy See, the Most neverend Bishop disPt·ns.. ~ !from Fast and AbstiJI.. nc.. on lUlU'ch 11, St. Pat~i('k'5 .Da:r.
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His Holiness Pope John XXIII has bestowed His particular paternal Apostolic Blessing upon the Most Reverend Bishop, the clergy, religious and faithful of the Fall River Diocese in appreciation of the spiritual bouquet presented to him, in behalf the' Clergy, Religious and Faith. of the Diocese, when Bishop ful participating in this loving Connolly mad e his Ad ges~ure of filial affection, His Limina Visit to Rome last sincere and appreciative gratitude for the abundant spiritual aid. thus given Him in the fulfilment of the arduous duties of the Sovereign Pontificate. . Confident that Almighty God will richly. recompense such prayerful attachment to His Son's Vi~ar on earth, His Holiness lovmgly bestows from His heart upon Your Excellency, and upon all those associated in this offering, His particular paternal Apostolic Blessing. Gladly availing myself of the occasion to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my high consideration and esteem, I remain Devotedly yours in Christ, A. Dell'Acqua Subst.
former UN Delegate Avers Population Explosion Silly
APPROVED: The Society of Our Lady of Providence, a D i 0 c e san community, CLEVELAND (NC)-India's "population explosion" is founded by Bishop McVinney pure nonsense, possibly started for political reasons to affect in 1955, has received the coming U. S. presidential elections, a former Indian delegate official approval of the Con- to the United Nations said here. Belti Shah Gilani, former gregation of Religious in member of India's Congress Rome. Shown is Sister Mary and now visiting professor reported. The death rate reduces the real growth rate to 1.7 per Dolores, formerly Angela cent, actually less than the 2.3 . at John Carroll University O'Brien, of SS. Peter and per cent growth rate in the U. S. here, said that within the "India is poor, of course," ·Mr. Paul Parish, Fall River.
CO,yle High Averages , Two Priests A Year, . Total Now Is 58
Coyle High School in Taunton where he has been confined , has -provided the secondary edusince 1951. In 1946 he had been , cation for 58 men now in the sentenced to 16 years at hard priesthood: This is' an average labor by the-communist-con(If more than two Ii· year since trolled government of Yugothe start of the school. slavia. With the ordination of three priests last week, 31 Coyle gradFor years the Cardinal has been suffering from a rare blood uates are ~erving in.the Diocese disease-poly-cythemis-an ex- of Fall River. Nine have .been ordained' for other Dioceses and cess of red corpuscles. 18 have entered various reliIn 1953 two American physi- gious ·communities. Twenty-five cians visited the Cardinal to give graduates haye. entered congrehim medical attention. In 1958 gations of Brothers.' . I he was operated on for a blood The newly ordained priests clot in the leg. , are Rev. Thomas O'Dea, Class of The Cardinal was, made a '52, now at St. James, New BedPrince of the Church at the ford; and Rev. Francis O'Keefe Consistory of Jan. 12, 1953, but, and Rev. George Fraher, both Turne to Page Twelve serving in Boston.
next few years and certainly by 196~, India. will ~ ,8 surplus proqucing country and a possible threat to export nations like' the U. S., Canada and Australia. Family planning schemes· now under way, could destroy India's emerging new, middle classes, Mr. Gilani warned. Before his UN 'appointment, Dr. Gilani was secretary to the Minister for Development in Punjab, and sec':: retary to the Minister, for Defense of India. He spoke at Case Institute here. "The American people are given only part of the story by the secular press and other media," the Indian' statesman warned. "We are led to believe that the population of India is growing 3.7 per cent each year. The number of deaths is not
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GHani said, "but Americans get ,a ~isconception of that poverty. It IS not as general or as violent as pictures would have you believe. Emphasis on our poverty has ,reached such proporTurn to Page Twelve
Nuns to Meet In Springfield,
Three major superiors of women's institutions from this' Diocese will attend the fourth annual meetihg of
New England superiors at Springfield this Saturday. They are Mother Mary William, provincial of the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts; Mother Marie De Piro provincial of the Sisters of SL Dorothy; and Mother Jeanne Therese, provincial of the Sisters of St. Joseph. The meeting will be directed by Mother Mary Philip Boyle, O.S.U., Dedham. Approximately 46 higl;ter superiors from the six New England states are expected to participate. Turn to Page Seventeen
NBC to Ban Sex, Violence'in TV Youth Shows ?jEW YORK (NC)-The National Broadcasting Company has issued a directive to TV program producing organizations banning ex'tessive sex and violence. The directive, drawn up by James A. Stabile, NBC vice president in charge of standards and practices, specifically objected to "morbid" and "sadistic" scenes of violence. "Such extremes of violence will not be used on NBC programs for children," pe said. "In meeting our responsibilities to the family audience we can do without the leer, the brutal set of the jaw and the intent to possess as the symbol of power and determination," he declared. Meanwhile, Democratic Ohio Senator Frank J. Lausche has Turn k Page Fifteen