Page Seventeen
THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 5, 1946
Clergy Preach
Anti-Semitism
In Hungary
BUDAPEST, (JTA)—A
violently anti-Semitic sermon
delivered from the pulpit of
the Franciscan Church in
Buda, largest Roman Catholic
parish in Hungary, spotlights
the role of some of the clergy
in the rising tide of anti-Semit-
ism in this country.
In the sermon it was charged
that the Jews are responsible
for the deplorable economic situ-
ation here; that Jews hold most
of the important government
jobs; that Jews are profiteering
from the peoples' misery and that
reports of Jewish sufferings dur-
ing the war have been exagger-
ated.
Reports that similar sermons
are being preached throughout
Hungary by Catholic priests are
disturbing both government of-
ficials and Jewish circles. Catholic
sources decline to be quoted, but
by and large many of them seem
to sincerely believe the charges
against the Jews
Although some members of the
Catholic hierarchy, such as the
Bishop of Szeged, are attempting
to combat this trend, other high
Church circles are leanding en-
couragement to anti-Semitic ele-
ments among the clergy, reports
indicate.
The basis of this clerical anti-
Semitism is the Church's hatred
for the government. The Church
has made no secret of the fact
that it resents the land reform
laws which have deprived it of
vast holdings.
In the struggle to retain its
wealth and its power, the Church
is striking back by attacking
what it considers the govern-
ment's vulnerable spot—the fact
that a number of Hungarian
Communist leaders are Jews.
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
stubbornly believes that these
Jewish Communists are solely
responsible for the Church's dif-
ficulties. Actually the official
Jewish community, which is
largely non-Communist, h a s
'absolutely no influence on the
Jewish Communists and it is
somewhat frightened to find it-
self once again being • made a
scapegoat.
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