Copy of a typed letter to the Hon. Joseph P. Walshe, Ambassador to the Holy See, from + D’Alton pledging his support.

Copy of a typed letter to the Hon. Joseph P. Walshe, Ambassador to the Holy See, from + D’Alton informing him that he will write to Mgr. Montini to thank him for his cooperation. Queries the date when the news might best be published.

Copy of a typed letter to the Hon. Joseph P. Walshe, Ambassador to the Holy See, from + D’Alton informing him that the Bishops were unwilling to sponsor the proposed Chapel due to their heavy commitment to Maynooth College. They also felt that they should have been consulted about the project and that their consent and cooperation should have been obtained before definite steps were taken.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid regarding a request to the Hierarchy by the Holy See to protest to the Hungarian Government over the detention of Cardinal Primate Mindszenty. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding the International Congress of Catholic Doctors which is to be held in Dublin in June. The Holy See is anxious that this be an opportunity for proclaiming Catholic teaching in the field of medicine.

Copy letter from +D’Alton to Joseph Walsh, Ambassador to the Holy See seeking his assistance in securing an audience with the Holy Father for the first National Pilgrimage from Ireland.

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding Catholic principles and policies in relation to UNESCO. He states the Holy See is concerned with the activities of the programme and policies of OMEP as they deal with the education of children of pre-school age. This is a delicate matter ‘…since there is considerable Masonic influence at work in OMEP, which is tinged with communism’. The Holy Father wants Ireland to bring its influence to bear at the Congress in Rome in August. He also asks that a competent ‘layman’ to establish contact with the International Catholic Co-ordinating Centre for UNESCO in Paris. He also suggests that the Irish Hierarchy establish a National OMEP Committee in Ireland.