[Catholic priest criticises MT] | 12 Nov. 1903
Freie Presse für Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.), 12 Nov. 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045227/1903-11-12/ed-1/seq-2/>
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| Der katholische Priester Fullam in Yonkers, N. Y. hielt eine Predigt, in welcher er den Humoristen Mark Twain in der heftigsten Weise angriff, weil derselbe in seinen Reise-Schilderungen den Reliquien-Kultus verspottet und die wundertätige Heilkraft des Wassers von Lourdes angezweifelt habe. Der milde Gottesmann nennt Mark Twain deswegen einen „unflätigen Hanswurst“. | The Catholic priest Fullam in Yonkers, N. Y. gave a sermon in which he attacked the humorist Mark Twain in the most violent way, because in his travel descriptions he mocked the veneration of relics and doubted the miraculous healing power of the waters of Lourdes. For this, the gentle priest called Mark Twain a “foul-mouthed buffoon”. |