which have further extended their work with the setting up of sub-  
             sections in the various parishes.              
 
                                                            
 
 
The work of charitable assistance which can be seen in Rome is also   
carried out by the Diocesan centres with excellent results, due to the   
self sacrificing spirit of the priests and laymen who collaborate in   
                         this work.                         
 
                                                            
 
 
Following the example of the Holy Father, who follows with fatherly   
interest the activities of the Pontifical Commission, the bishops in   
the various Dioceses dedicate themselves with a spirt of Christian   
         charity to the assisting of the refugees.          
 
                                                            
 
 
Among other things it has been possible to set up in Central Italy 53   
"Refectories of the Pope" which distribute more than a million soup   
meals every month and assist a huge number of refugees with the two   
d thousand garments so charitably given by the American Red 
 
                                                            
 
 
The appeal for help for the refugees which is now being made in the   
Diceses will help, at least partially, to  relieve the sufferings of   
                  the poor and abandoned.                   
 
                                                            
 
 
The Medical Office of the Commission has come to the help of the sick   
                      in various ways:                      
 
                                                            
 
 
1) With the setting up of 15 anti-malarial centres and an anti-malarial   
campaign in the Pontine Marshes and in the Cassino area.  
2) With the foundation of first aid stations for the poor in an ever-  
increasing number of centres which have suffered most from the war.  
3) With the foundation of clinics for the poor in Rome itself where   
the suffering may find medical advice and free medicines.  
 With the foundations of clinics for the children of the poo