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Gerald Ford: “When I visited the International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia last month, I commented that 'for millions of men…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1976
When I visited the International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia last month, I commented that 'for millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the schoolroom for the mind, and the safe depository for moral ideals.'
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Letter to the Archbishop of Cincinnati Following a Meeting With the Executive Committee of the National Conference of Bishops

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