Words & Works

P:A new fissure seemed to be opening between Poland's Cardinal Wyszynski and the Communist government of Wladyslaw Gomulka. Recently the cardinal used the pages of a Roman Catholic weekly to warn that any priest collaborating with the Communist-run "religious" organization called Pax would risk "canonical sanctions." The regime suppressed the issue, ordered the newspaper banned from all newsstands and bookstores--a surprise to Polish churchmen who noted that even Communist publications have recently been critical of Pax.

P:Parochial and private schools should get government funds, said Jewish Philosopher and Author Will Herberg, adjunct professor of Judaic studies and social philosophy at Drew University, Madison, N.J. In addition, he told a conference called by the National Conference of Christians and Jews in Chicago, some way should be worked out to put religion into public education. "The American people are becoming more and more religion-conscious today, and yet the most important institution of the community is barred to religion--an untenable position."

P:Led by Roman Catholic Pacifist-Anarchist Dorothy Day, ten members of the Catholic Worker movement (TIME, March 12, 1956) were arrested for failure to take shelter during Manhattan's civil-defense drill. After registering their disobedience as "a matter of conscience and a refusal to take part in what amounts to a deliberate campaign of psychological preparation for war," they were each sentenced in Manhattan arrest court to 30 days in jail.

P:The number of Roman Catholics in India increased by 216,507 during the past two years, according to the new Catholic Directory for India. The current total: 4,848,903--with 14 archbishops, 53 bishops and 5,092 priests.

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