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Sincerely yours in Christ, Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski." Said Apostolic Delegate Amleto Gio vanni Cicognani in Washington: Father Orlemanski has not "contacted the Apos tolic Delegation." He also said that Father Orlemanski, "like every other diocesan priest is directly subject to his Bishop." Last Sunday Father Orlemanski did not officiate at the four Masses attended by most of his 3,200 parishioners. By nightfall he had disappeared. Next day he was re ported to be suffering from nervous ex haustion. A complete rest was prescribed.
Chancellor Shea did not know when Father Orlemanski might reappear. He said: "It is usually customary to wait until a matter like this has quieted down and then settle it privately." In the Catholic Church, the Soviet Gov ernment had at last run into an opponent whose political astuteness matched its own.
*Wrote Pope Pius XI in a 1937 encyclical: ''Communism is intrinsically wrong and no one who would save Christian civilization may collaborate with it in any undertaking whatsoever."