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Show Natives Impressed by Missionaries in Planes Catholic missionaries in remote parts of the world are now making regular use of the airplane as a rapid and safe means of transport, it Is learned. According to reports made to the Congregation for the Propaganda Propa-ganda of the Faith, the use of airplanes air-planes is now common among bishops and priests in the missionary field, especially in Africa and Asia. Mon-signor Mon-signor Grison, apostolic vicar of Stanleyville, Africa, used to employ 51 days to reach certain parts of his diocese. He has informed the Rome ecclesiastical authorities that he can now cover the distance in three days by plane. Similarly, in Siam, where the first commercial air line has just been opened, the missionaries now travel regularly by air. The moral effect on the natives of a missionary arriving by plane Is stated to be excellent, ex-cellent, according to missionary reports. |