Ginzei Haim ] * 114 [ interpreted his failure to persuade the cardinals to cooperate with Jew’s on the matter of refugees as follows : “More definite instructions must come from Rome before the American Cardinals will move . ” 2 In spite of the fact that the Nazis endangered the existence of the Church in Germany, politically as well as theologically, the rise of Hitler was hailed by catholic conservative circles in america . Tablet, for example, the organ of the Brooklyn diocese, called for establishing relations with Germany, for the benefit of both sides . 3 Many american catholics were reluctant to acknowledge even such facts as the severe delimiting of the political power of German catholics, the closing of religious schools, the arrest of priests and the damage to church property . 4 The editors of the influential Catholic weekly, Commonweal, complained that after four years of Catholic suppression in Germany, there was “a prevalent lack of Catholic interest in the whole Nazi sit...
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