HUNGARY: Surrender

One year and a half after Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty went to prison, for refusing to come to terms with the Communists, Hungary's Roman Catholic bishops gave in to the Red regime.

Better Than No Church. The Hungarian government announced last week that the Hungarian Bench of Bishops had agreed 1) to "acknowledge and support" the Communist constitution; 2) to take steps against priests who direct their activities against "the legal order"; 3) to request Roman Catholics to "take part in the great work" of Red Hungary; 4) to support the phony peace petition...

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