“An Appeal to Truth”

...war-time offenses committed during Germany’s occupation of Belgium during World War I. 1915 publication of "An Appeal to Truth" Cardinal Mercier attempted to dispel various nasty rumors that Germans were directing at Belgian citizens as well as make public Belgium’s victims of abuse. Cardinal Mercier was particularly agitated over the

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The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers, 1910-2007 (MC 91)

...parish priest for the next 19 years. He served as an Army chaplain during World War II, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India Theater until 1946. Upon his discharge from the service, Meyer resumed his parish duties in Philadelphia. He was elevated to Monsignor in 1965, retired in 1972, and

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