SPAIN: Republic's Week

> Spain's Ambassador to the Holy See asked Pope Pius XI last week to recall Pedro Cardinal Segura y Saenz, Primate of Spain, from Spain.

His Holiness refused to recall His Eminence. Promptly the Spanish Government expelled Primate Segura y Saenz in a motor car.

Dumped into France, His Eminence said: "No respect was shown to my position as Primate of Spain nor to my character as a priest and a prince of the Church. I was treated as if I were a common criminal."

After visiting Pius XI in Rome, Cardinal Segura y...

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