Show OPE rupE POPES FASCIST CONTROVERSY AT T DEADLOCK Little Hope of Settlement Seen for Months Activities ActivIties Activities ties Increased S By STEV STEWART ART BROWN United rr Press s Staff Correspondent ROME July 16 The 16 The bitter controversy con between the Roman Catholic church and the fascist state apparently had reached a n stone wall today with willi little hope of a settlement for many months The Vatican's se secret ret publication abroad of Pope Plus Pius XI's encyclical condemning fascist education methods meth followed by the fascist directorates directorate's dIrectorates directorates directorate's sharp protest in reply has hs left it was WILl felt no avenue for reopen ing negotiations AC ACTIVITIES INCREASED Certain of Its strength the fascist directorate whIch directorate which bluntly termed the popes pope's charges against some of ofUs Its Us activities as lies lIes Instead of moderating the Balilla or fascist youth movement decided to increase Its it activities The move mo was regarded a as a direct blow to the popes pope's contention that the inspires hatred and irreverence me among the youth of Italy It together with the recent decision making membership in Azlone Cattolica Cat Cat- tolica a Catholic laymen's organization fan tion incompatible with membership In the fascist party reduced the scope of the Azlone to practically nothing and has left the pope without Italian support The modified tone of recent comment com corn ment in the thc newspaper Romano the Vatican organ prompted prompt prompt- ed a growing belief that the holy holye see ee e has realized realised the encyclical created created created cre cre- cre- cre a a. difficult situation and the fascist assert only served to harden the fascist determination that no concessions will be made to the church in efforts to settle their con FURTHER CHARGES MADE 1 The fascists further charged the Vatican has allied itself with Masonry against fascism The stiffening attitude attitude atti attl tude on both sides made the outcome of the present pre ent unsatisfactory relationship relation relation- ship highly conj conjectural t ral |