NEW YORK ARCHBISHOP SUPPORTS WAR IN VIETNAM
Saigon, South Vietnam (JFK+50) The Catholic Archbishop of New York Francis Cardinal Spellman*, while visiting American military personnel in South Vietnam fifty-one years ago, December 23, 1966, said the war against the North Vietnamese communists was "for civilization (although)...not a war of our seeking."
Cardinal Spellman, speaking at a mass given here in Saigon, continued...
"It is a war thrust upon us--we cannot yield to tyranny."
*Francis Joseph Spellman (1889-1967) was born in Whitman, Massachusetts to parents who immigrated from Ireland. He graduated from Fordham University in 1911 & earned his doctorate at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Ordained in 1916, he became Archbishop of New York in 1939.
In 1945, Cardinal Spellman started the annual Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner as a fundraiser for Catholic charities & featuring notable politicians & presidential nominees.
Saigon, South Vietnam (JFK+50) The Catholic Archbishop of New York Francis Cardinal Spellman*, while visiting American military personnel in South Vietnam fifty-one years ago, December 23, 1966, said the war against the North Vietnamese communists was "for civilization (although)...not a war of our seeking."
Cardinal Spellman, speaking at a mass given here in Saigon, continued...
"It is a war thrust upon us--we cannot yield to tyranny."
*Francis Joseph Spellman (1889-1967) was born in Whitman, Massachusetts to parents who immigrated from Ireland. He graduated from Fordham University in 1911 & earned his doctorate at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Ordained in 1916, he became Archbishop of New York in 1939.
In 1945, Cardinal Spellman started the annual Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner as a fundraiser for Catholic charities & featuring notable politicians & presidential nominees.
JFK, Cardinal Spellman, RMN
Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
October 19, 1960
