HEROIC PRIEST'S WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 23, 27 January 1934, Page 6

HEROIC PRIEST'S WORK

HONOUR FROM THE POPE;

A cardinal who is not a cardinal; * crusadervwho6e heroism and exploit* surpass those' of tho knights of ta« Middle Ages; a- secret; missionary whom the Pope has helped to hide—inch'is Monsignoi Michael d'Herbigny, who'Jfc is believed will one -day be -"offlaMiily proclaimed a cardinal, .and isI 'Very, probably a cardinal "in peetore '* tiewj says the "Sunday Graphic." w ■ r ■ Persons in high ccclesiastieal,eircle» in Rome say they believe- that,the Pope has secretly created Motiiighor d'Herbigny cardinal because if, it; wfcrs publicly proclaimed ,he would.-hati^to abandon work which involve! ,gt«a^)fersonal danger and is of the mo»V vital importance to the cause of Chiistjanitv throughout the world.-- .■• l> j, s . Monsignor d'Herbigny ig,the Kesdrof a group of young priests who ari-ch»y-ing on perilous ■ missionary 'w'o^t'in. Bussia, strivihgto keep alive" the ijirk of Christianity . which still rejrnain*, despite the eftofts of the'Bohhev^ti to

Stamp it : Out. . :.;'■:■; ■'■■.:■ ■:":--!■■.'v.T'iJ**,. At great-ri3k to mslife:'Mi6tli»igfc««r d'Herbigny has repeatedly visited Bussia in disguise. As the head "of the Pontifical Commission . for Russia he has; secretly ordained priests and bishops, and has had many narrow and exciting escapes front discovery-.. .-■.