Reluctant Conclusion

RUSSIA

Reluctant Conclusion

In busy Kharkov, chief city of the bounteous Ukraine, Archbishop Constantin Krotevich (Orthodox) announced to his flock last week his conversion to Communism, which necessarily implies conversion to Atheism.

"A long and painstaking analysis of ecclesiastical history, and a profound review of my own ecclesiastical activities," said he, "has brought me with reluctance to the conclusion that the existence of the Church is harmful to humanity and hostile to the Soviet regime. ... I have now renounced my calling as a priest. ... I shall devote myself to cultural work as a teacher. . . . Preparations are being made for a crusade against the Soviet Union under the aegis of Pope Pius XI. This demonstrates that religion is only a medium for protecting the interests of the ruling class."

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