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On EWTN:Holy Roman Spies: the Vatican’s secret agents, rather unfortunate title. This film [ roadtelevision.it] pieces together the incredible odyssey of a group of priests who arrived in the Soviet Union during WWII. The priests were eventually arrested, and some were summarily executed, while others were deported to Gulags. HOLY ROMAN SPIES [ ewtn.com]: THE VATICAN'S SECRET AGENTS: Program about the priests specifically trained by the Vatican to infiltrate the USSR and minister to their people during the mid-20th century. Repeating: Tue 06/29/10 1:30 PM EDT Thu 07/01/10 5:00 AM
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WOW, rofl - sorry, somehow I never thought of the Vatican being conter - espinoge - I guess that is how you would say it.
It is so neat to know they actually 'trained' men to do this.
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I found it interesting. The show had a lot of ground to cover in approximately 45 minutes.
One segment covered the martyrdom of Vladyka Teodor Romzha, including an interview with one of the nurses who treated him in the hospital.
Passing mention was made of Blessed Leonid Feodorov, Bl. Clement Sheptytsky, and Fr. Walter Cizsek.
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I was busy with the grand kids and missed it 
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I saw the documentary this morning at 2AM (Pacific Time)!! I am glad I saw it.
It turns out that Holy Roman Spies: The Vatican’s Secret Agents and the Italian documentary I referred to in my previous post, Russicum: La Spie del Vaticano, are essentially the same documentary but in different edited versions. The Italian version has segments that were not included in the English version, but it lacks the segment on Blessed Theodore Romzha.
The only mistake I noticed was the narrator mentioning Blessed Clement Sheptytsky, but a picture of his brother, Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky, was on the screen.
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Fr. Constantine Simon, who was the 'talking head' for much of the film, has just completed a monumental study of the Russicum. It has been published by the Orientale next door. Anyone interested in the Russian Catholic alma mater should acquire a copy!
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Fr. Constantine Simon, who was the 'talking head' for much of the film, has just completed a monumental study of the Russicum. It has been published by the Orientale next door. Anyone interested in the Russian Catholic alma mater should acquire a copy! Father, Are you referring to the books, Russicum: Pioneers and Witnesses of the Struggle for Christian Unity in Eastern Europe: Leonid Feodorov, Vendelin Javorka, Theodore Romzha: Three Historical Sketches, Volume 1 and Russicum: Pioneers and Witnesses of the Struggle for Christian Unity in Eastern Europe: The First Years 1929-1939, Volume 2? I have read both books through interlibrary loan. I would certainly like to get my own copies. Has another volume come out?
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I believe that Father Roman is speaking of: Pro Russia. The Russicum and Catholic Work for Russia (903 pp + 65 photos) by Constantine Simon, SJ. Published by the POI, ss Father referenced above, in 2009. The ISBN is 978-88-7210-365-4; cost is about $95 USD. It's No. 283 in the Orientalia Christiana Analecta series.
I don't believe it can be purchased other than directly from the POI; Loyola University Press is their US distributor, but not all POI texts are available from it - and none of Father Constantine's seem to be in their catalogue.
Many years,
Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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I believe that Father Roman is speaking of: Pro Russia. The Russicum and Catholic Work for Russia (903 pp + 65 photos) by Constantine Simon, SJ. Published by the POI, ss Father referenced above, in 2009. The ISBN is 978-88-7210-365-4; cost is about $95 USD. It's No. 283 in the Orientalia Christiana Analecta series.
I don't believe it can be purchased other than directly from the POI; Loyola University Press is their US distributor, but not all POI texts are available from it - and none of Father Constantine's seem to be in their catalogue.
Many years,
Neil It's available through interlibrary loan here in the USA!
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