Show e eAB AB I g DEWED NIE ll I I I Bishop Scannell Scanned of Omaha Takes I I I a Stand in io the th Matter of Union Obligations Omaha Neb Sept 10 Bishop Rich Richard ant ard Scannell of the Omaha diocese Joce of 01 the th Catholic church has haa taken takeD a dad deA definite nite stand tand in the matter of Catholics becoming members of the International Typographical union and makes the Ute plain statement that a Catholic can cannot cannot cannot not belong belonS to the union and receive ab absolution absolution absolution solution from a priest In an interview tonight ht Bishop Scannell said d This qu tion has not Dot come up in inthis Inthis Inthis this diocese e and d there is no reason why priests should receive any an instructions in this case cue There Jle is I a primary prin principle principle principle ciple of ethics and aDd such auch principles are to every one No man could lawfully take an ob oh obligation of this kind for the keeping of it would w uld render all government ec or ecclesiastical cJe i or civil impossible It would render null and void all courts at law it would make the authority of ot a voluntary organisation paramount to all law ecclesiastical divine and civil civilI I 1 am at a loss loa to understand under taDd how bow any aft sensible man could formulate fon any such obligation or how any sensible man could assume it ILor Bishop Scannell further said that no noman noman noman man could be a good member of the theRoman theRom Roman Rom n Catholic church and adhere to the principles of the typographical ob oh obligation atlon and further that unless the obligation B s changed Catholic mem main members member bare bers should get out of the organization organisation He said mid no rio priest had h any right to ab absolve absolve solve from sin Bin any man who held the typographical union in higher regard and authority than he did the church and state |