Date (happened)
9 May 1969
passage 540051 (lecture nid 1451), 'You might have heard tonight's radio broadcast that the Vatican has just rubbed out forty of its saints as non-existent'
Told / reported
9 May 1969
delivery claims on lecture nid 1451: catalog #553 (1969-05-10, doubtful, preferred=1) vs the transcript's own chrome dateline (1969-05-09, certain, at word 0)
Neville tells his audience he has just heard on the radio that the Vatican has removed forty saints, including St. Christopher, from its calendar as historically non-existent, and reflects on the turmoil this causes among Catholics, including in-laws in his own family. He uses the news to argue that no saint, priest, or intermediary is ever needed between a person and God, since Christ is one's own imagination within.