Ready. general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. in a statement issued by him at Washington. The following is quoted from Monsignor Readys statement: It is a courageous thing that the French Catholics have done in helping persecuted Jews in occupied and unoccupied France. Catholic protests against the inhuman mass deportations of Jews to Nazi territory and the sheltering of Jewish children is a worthy example of the following of Christ. Archbishop Jarles Saliege. of Toulouse. where several concentration camps are located. has issued a pastoral letter saying. "That children. women. men. fathers. nothers should be treated as a wretched herd * * *. and embarked to unknown destinations was a sad spectacle reserved for our times to- see. Lord have pity on us!
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