The official organ of the Springfield Roman Catholic diocese, the Catholic Mirror, this week criticized those who blame the Jews for evils afflicting society. The paper told its readers that “you cannot indict a whole nation.” It drew attention to the citation given by the Pope to a Springfield Jewish nurse, Col. Jeanette Blech, for her kindness to a group of nuns in Germany.
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