Religion: Pucci Polemic

The Nazi Transocean News Service is publicizing in Latin America a speech on the U.S. by Monsignor Pucci, "the head of the Vatican Press" (who actually is unofficial but potent). Some of its charges:

AtheisticAmerica. "More than 50% of the [U.S.] population constitutes an atheistic mass."

Birth Control. "The plague of birth control has invaded all nations, but indisputably the U.S. has led the world."

No Protestant Families. "In the U.S. the family, outside the Catholic Church, is family in name only."

Closed-Door Policy. "This country . . . during the 19th Century was able to develop its energies and its riches thanks to...

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