| Show CATHOLICS IN AMERICA DENVER colo oot oat 21 father M loue lone editor of the colorado catholic lectured today at the tabor grana grand opera house A large audience waft artt aa a attendance before commencing fate lecture father malone received th toe following note from some one in to 6 audience dare you as a catholic priest adb italy holy in your lecture say gay that bomin ko catholics do not owe fealty to a fore forejtt potentate also dare you say that th t catholic church to is not opposed to abw t public schools ach 10 1 IQ in reply father malone said daid tajet us ua see bee now whit what foundation there li Is for or this thin charge that we gift are disloyal to the civil institutions of t the amu country tty the charge that we at ate aa en amiss to the public school system delusion and a snare anuff the we owe supreme allegiance to a sign eign potentate is 1 equal equally false th them charges serve an unholy purpose th abd give to the fanatic an U imaginary just jimi fl fio atlon for violating the cc littia in regard to a 9 portion of tile the to those who so BO charge this abis ism is my ka an ewer not only adli are catholics not biot en ii ehleb of our public notwithstanding the peril per stent opinions loveon of tool isolated abed ind individuals ivi du ale ln thaw that th public school system must andavall and ahall oo bb maintained not alone that bd brill should the day ever come which avert when the school system of Ameri Ameti ofa olk would be attacked catholic will be first to the rescue to the charge so BO current nowadays now adaya that we owe allegiance to foreign power this is my answer in 11 spiritual matters and matters of faith and morale we give allegiance to our church but U in bivil affairs we neither owe nor do we give allegiance to anything outside the constitution of the united Sta states nor to any one not a duly elected officer of this government should ic condition arises arise which is an absurd assumption when the pope of rome rom should issue an edict in conflict with the constitution of the united states Sta tet we would refuse to oby oboy the pope ana and we would uphold the in the words of oconnell we take oat our religion from rome borne but out our politico cn from ourse ou elves rs ives y |
