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Born into a working-class family in yorkshire, hinsley was ordained for the diocese of leeds in and proceeded to hold important posts in rome, where he restored the fortunes of the venerable english college, and africa, where he successfully promoted catholic education and missionary activityhis time at westminster coincided with a turbulent period in european and global politicsthough a supporter of franco's spain, he ferociously condemned nazism and fascism during the second world war and castigated those italian cardinals who favoured mussolinisee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road in this first major biography of cardinal arthur hinsley, james hagerty traces the life and ministry of one of the most popular english churchmen of the twentieth centuryhe had also to address social and economic issues which affected his church, and lead an episcopal bench which included experienced bishops who were intensely jealous of their diocesan jurisdictionsperhaps his most surprising initiative was support for the ecumenical sword of the spirit movement, an attempt to reach out to other christian denominations in a crusade to restore christian ideals in public lifeto his surprise, he was appointed archbishop of westminster in and had to deal with governments not always sympathetic to the catholic community's demand for equality
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