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Show VIEWS OF THE CHURCH, ROME CANNOT BE RECONCILED TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SfSTEM. The Tapal flews on Chnrrh and Stat. Kchouls-The Vatican Mai C.inlldeno. iu the nil aud Tuc.t oi tha American Hierarchy. . Rome, April 28. A correspondent of the Associated press had a talk with a high ecclesiastical personage acquainted with tho papal views on tho school question in the United States. He said iu part: "What seems necessary here from the Catholic point of view, is moderation mod-eration and not precipitation. The general course to be pursued, however, is quite manifest. The Catholics in America should have parochial schools in all parishes where it is possible and where there is sufficient means to render ren-der them equal to the public schools. Where it is impossible to do this, schools should be established in which the catechism may be taught, or the state should bo persuaded to permit instruction instruc-tion in the catechism outside of the hours regulariy appointed for ordinary school subjects, as is done in Germany. One thing is absolutely obligatory. That is, to found no parochial schools unless they can be put on a level with those of tlie state. At present the Catholics Cath-olics ill the United Statss cannot rival the state schools, as they have not sufficient resources, The Vatican has confidence in the zeal and tactics of the hierarchy iu America." |