"The Greatest Priest"

Francis Cardinal Bourne, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Cathedral, London (not the Abbey), spoke words at Stratford-on-Avon which have gone out to the uttermost parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations. He said: " We members of the Catholic Evidence Guild are out to reinstate the Pope. We want him to be the spiritual and ethical leader of the country and we are not hiding that fact at all.

"Many English people are coming to think that this country made a mistake 300 years ago in not holding on to the Pope. If we can only get the people of this country to know the Pope and submit themselves to him, then all the other difficulties we talk about will vanish.

"The days have long gone when one saw, as I can remember, such phrases as 'Down with the Pope' written on walls in public streets. Instead of that notice how anxious people are now to respect the Pope and to be led by him, as for example, in matters concerning the late War.

"Even within the last few weeks, Lord Birkenhead in a speech at Glasgow referred to the Pope as the greatest priest in the world."