Rome, July 17.
When receiving a group of pilgrinis from Chicago, the Pope, the Vatican news agency, stated their presence reminded him of the greatness of their native country and also of the greatness of their own ex cellent Archbishop who had displayed such courage in the defence ci the rights of God and the church for the edification of souls.
Politital circles here believe the Pope's words are intended as an indirect reply to the German Government which recently took exception to certain utterances of Cardinal Mundelein, the Archbishop of Chi-cage, against which it protested in a Note to the Holy See—Trans-Ocean. i
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