The entire Anglo-Catholic wing of the Episcopal Churchsome 2,000 clergymen converged last week upon Philadelphia for a Catholic Congress to celebrate the "Catholic Revival" whose centenary fell last July (TIME, July 17). Throughout the land the pious had wished the Congress well with a novena (nine days of prayer) for "the revival of religion in America."
To accommodate 10,000 participants in the biggest event of the Congress, a solemn high mass, Philadelphia's Municipal Auditorium was made ready, its stage transformed into a sanctuary and choir, an altar erected with dossals and riddles,...