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Show Evil Of The One Great TV. Black Spot JLM VOFCG on America By CARDINAL GIBBONS, ArchbUkop of Batllmora. if Ditorce to-diiy, tmtl I cin it without nwnc, is fc. the otic great black spot upon American civilization. M t' It is terrible, uuspcakiililc, outrageous. The mini-B mini-B I Lcr of il'miries in tliu United Stales in pioportion Om S? to tliu population m (lie gtcntest in tho world, Think j tv of Hint Htuin on our escutcheon! J. . The salvation of pociuty depends upon the family. tBkfeM, 'I'lic sahntiou of the family depends upon the piescr-HCiHT piescr-HCiHT at ion of the ninrringu bond for all time. Disolo I k I the mnrriiigc bond and oii virtually dis-ohc society. lj Only when the sanctity of the niarriugo tie' and the obligation1) of the family tchitiou are more fully realized, rea-lized, and religious training in the fnmily betoincs more geiictul, may wo look for better conditions in Focicly at large, and not until then. The gieat crimes and scandals 1iil1i aie eciting so inticli coiumcnt nowadnvB can be traced dncetly to a lack of sanctiH in the family relations. rela-tions. It is not so miuli marriage, but the saciedncs of marriage, which must be mogni7cd. I'ntil then totict can haidly hope to improve. The Catholic diuuh tnkc an unalterable po-ilion with regard to divorce di-vorce there can be none for any cau-e whatsoever. If people contemplating contemplat-ing matrimony rcnlinl this and found out beforehand whether they were tinted to one another, thetu wouldn't be ho much work for the divoica courts to do. Mnirnigp is it woman's de-tin. It is the aim of her life. Her woik should be for her hii'biind and her children and her home. AnUlung that interferes with her in tln, her true sphere, is wrong, and divorce does that. I'amil.N ptiritv is the one mid gieat cute for social ills. |