Religion: Second Thought

New York's Roman Catholic Archbishop Spellman got back to the U.S. last August from a 46,000-mile visit to 34 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, thousands of U.S. fighting men, Pope Pius XII, practically every top-flight Allied statesman and military leader, and Generalissimo Franco, and promptly published the highlights of his trip in Collier's.*

As soon as installment No. 1 appeared, the Archbishop found himself raked fore & aft by the U.S. Protestant, liberal and leftish press for his praise of Franco. Wrote Archbishop Spellman in Collier's: "My impressions of him are...

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