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Majority of congregation withdraws with barred fundamentalist pastor
SHANGHAI, China, June 14. -- The Canton Government appealed to the national government at Nanking today to take a stronger attitude toward Japanese activities in China. This message, telegraphed by Chen Chia-tang, said Cantonese forces were withdrawing from Hunan Province "for the present."
New model city to be named Eleanor Roosevelt
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1936William Levada, American cardinal (died 2019)[†]
William Joseph Levada was an American Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2005 to 2012. During that time, he was the highest-ranking American in the Roman Curia. He was previously the Archbishop of Portland in Oregon from 1986 to 1995 and Archbishop of San Francisco from 1995 to 2005. During his tenure, he was criticized for covering up sexual abuse by priests within his jurisdiction. He was created a cardinal in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.