Saturday, February 8, 2014

Saturday, 8 February 1930

Vatican City:  Pope Pius XI, in an open letter to the Vicar-General of Rome, excoriates the government of soviet Russia for its “horrible and sacrilegious” persecution of religion there.  He announces that he will celebrate a “mass of atonement, propitiation and reparation” on March 19, to include prayer for the church in Russia, and invites all Christian nations of the world to do the same.  He chides the nations for not protesting Russia’s conduct enough.

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