The Pope is examining the possibility of excommunicating Herr Hitler, certain Catholics who returned from Rome recently stated today.
According to these Catholics, the indignation of Vatican City officials increased regarding the procedures land ideologies of the Nazis since the Anschluss and they are expecting a recrudescence of attempts against the moral and material interests of the Church in Germany.
In a recent speech, His Holiness referred to the "great danger which ig soon to become a reality."
Catholic circles here consider that the anti-Jewish persecutions will be followed by similar anti-Christian They stressed that if the Pope excommunicated the Fuehrer, all [Catholics, including the King of Italy fond Signor Mussolini, would no longer be allowed to have any relations with him—Havas,
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