Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-25 | Page 1 | Cardinal Scores Mexican Outrages

Cardinal Scores Mexican Mexica Outrages Call Conditions as Bad if Not Worse Than They Are in Russia PHILADELPHIA Feb 25 UP UP- UP Thirty thousand Catholics in the Philadelphia diocese yesterday heard Cardinal Dougherty denounce religious religious religious re outrages in m Mexico Conditions in Mexico Cardinal Dougherty said are as bad if it not worse than those in soviet Russia Charging the soviet government with plotting and engineering the theM M Mexican persecution the prelate said p paid id Russian Rusian agents arc are guiding and enco encouraging raging Mex Mexico co along the path of ot atheism and communism communism R Russian sian agents boast m five years they will vill have cleaned up the m mess messof s' s sat of at religion in Mexico he asserted assorted Then they will wil P pass i into to the United d States to continue their work No bishop no priest unless a native native na nl na- na tive of Mexico is tolerated in that country The right o of citizenship has been withdrawn from all priests simply because they are priests Schools for training even native Mexicans for lor the priesthood are outlawed outlawed out out- seminaries are forbidden and so there is 15 no legal po possibility to provide provide pro pro- vide a future clergy All religIous religious re re- re- re teaching orders whether of or priests or r s sisters have been suppressed suppressed sup sup- pressed presed and to form one hereafter is is illegal In government schools the children chil dr dren n are aught faught to regard religion as a a fetish and the priest as a public enemy to be hounded and crushed Cardinal Dougherty said the strong man of oC the present Mexican government was Tomas Canabal secretary sec see of agriculture whom he described de scribed as the the of ot Tabasco He added The Russian government has hasso s 's so so I i I Cardinal l Doug Dougherty far tar spent In its Mexican propaganda the money has been turned over over overto to Mexican Mexicali h offic officials als for lor forthe forthe th the purpose o of ng t their coun coun- try It is said how however ver that only of these can be le leac ac accounted for tor for