CARDINAL CALLS CONFLICT IN VIETNAM A WAR FOR CIVILIZATION
Saigon (JFK+50) On December 23, 1966 Francis Cardinal Spellman*, Catholic Archbishop of New York, said the conflict in Southeast Asia was a war for civilization.
The Cardinal, visiting American military personnel here in Saigon, said...
"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.
FJS 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.
JFK, Cardinal Spellman, RMN
Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
October 19, 1960
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Saigon (JFK+50) On December 23, 1966 Francis Cardinal Spellman*, Catholic Archbishop of New York, said the conflict in Southeast Asia was a war for civilization.
The Cardinal, visiting American military personnel here in Saigon, said...
"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.
FJS 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.
JFK, Cardinal Spellman, RMN
Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
October 19, 1960
www.dominic-cooray.blogspot.com
