HOLY VESSELS
STOLEN FROM RUSSIAN CHURCH. APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR REPLACEMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright> (Received This Dav. 9.35 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 7. The foriner Ambassador. Mr. Bullitt, today appealed to Americans for contributions to replace the holy vessels stolen from the Catholic Church of St. Louis, in Moscow, which Mr. Bullitt said, was the only one in all Russia, “to which a foreigner may freely go Io mass.” On three occasions recently the St. Louis Church has been entered by force, desecrated and the sacred vessels stolen, although the church is near the headquarters of the 0.G.-, P.U., which is the most powerful and ruthless police in the whole world. Mr. Bullitt pointed out that freedom of religion was guaranteed by the Soviet in documents exchanged with the United States before diplomatic recog-1 nition was given.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 March 1941, Page 6
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