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Show CATHOLIC BISHOP HAS BEEN DISMISSED Lisbon, March S. Tho Portuguese government has decided to dismiss the bishop of Oporto, on the grounds that he urged the priests of his diocese dio-cese to read the forbidden pastoral letter and also encouraged the people to revolt. Several priests have been arrested for reading tho loiter to their congregations. con-gregations. The communication, while setting forth that It Is tho duty of Catholics to respect the constituted constitu-ted authority, oven though they be hostile to Catholicism, adds that If a new law Is unjust and contrary to tho law of God, It Is not binding ou Catholics. |