| Show THE POPES Vi CYCLICAL leo leois Is papal encyclical to the catholic bishops of the united states now made public to la an important document an revealing the attitude of the raman church with reference to of the burning questions of the day the aspirations of that religious body are set bet forth more clearly than eer e before defining its ita policy rod and ing the means whereby to carry it out oui to a successful success lul la in the introduction the tats pope refers to the discovery riia covery of the continent contout nt by jol umbus and states that the first solicitude of columbus was waa to plant the sacred emblems of the cross wherever he the very names name given to american towns and rivers and mountains and lakes lake teach how the beginning was wag marked with the footprints footprint af the catholic church IJ he also refers tu to the fact that the first catholic biskop bishop in america commenced his bis labors in this countr country y bon ben washington was at the helm of the state and draws the conclusion that thai the united st bt ties itea ought to be a clatha tie lio country he bayto sayto the well known familiar intercourse between these two men washington and the catholic bishop seems to be an evidence that the united states ought to be conjoined in concord and amity with the catholic Catu Cata olio olic church this I concord and amity P is how ever not realized by the religious liberty accorded every citizen of 01 too united jailed states something more is 38 needed in fact his bia holiness frankly omits that the great desideratum is the union of church and state afir afier the pattern of the old world the ency reads but while it is true that the church has progressed under the republic yet yei it would be erroneous to draw the conclusion clu iliOn that in america is to be sought the most desirable status satus of the church or that lc it would be universally lawful or expedient for state and church to be as in america disa dis evered severed and divorced toe establishment of od schools the catholic university at washington bad the me methods adopted for the management it ef ecclesiastical again affairs especially the delei delegation ration of apostolic aut authority bority to mgr satolli bad g but this object in view to gro solidly establish the catholic religion Po in this country lu in order to further this object catholics Gaino liOB are enjoined to render hearty submission and aad obedience to the church other questions discussed show beyond a that the abu roman pontiff regards both civil and social institutions as beneficent only 8 rr ar as 88 they are identified with the ibe church liberty itself way may be pernicious oue be says saye unless the laws of to ibe gospel which of course meni menia a the doctrines of the catholic church be inculcated with regard to secret societies it Is admitted that workingmen have a right fight to combine lor for their heir own in iao te crests rests but bolles should prefer to unit with catholics anu and shun shall the societies that have been condemned by the church and also any society that thai is regarded by bishops as suspicious and dangerous erous and furt fur beras theras presidents of the societies private priests be preferred The language on this point is very plain nay rather unless forced by necessity to do otherwise catholics ought to prefer to associate with catholics a coure which will be very conducive to safeguarding of their fach fai h As presidents of i itie he socio des thus formed among themselves it would be well to appoint eiber priests or upright laymen laomen of weight and character cha racier guided by whose couns counsel elthey they should endeavor to peacefully adopt and carry into effect such measures as may seem mot ruo t advantageous to their interess s keeping in view the rules laid down by us in our encyclical toe same principle is brought to bear on the press art ep although in much more guarded terms too I 1 ajea jes is set iet forth however that journalism in order to fulfill It its mission to bf the servant of the mis bishops bishope his holiness say let them editorial writers then bei b mindful of their duty and not overstep the proper limits of moderation the bishops bia hopa placed in a lofty position of authority are to be obeyed and suitable honor befitting the magnitude and sanctity of their office should be shown them and again we have on frequent occasions laid down many rules respecting the dubies of all good writers many of which were unanimously inculcated asi a well by the third council of baltimore as by the archbishops arch bishops in their meeting at chicago in the year 1893 let tho the catholic writers therefore beer bear impressed on their minds our teachings and yours on this point and let them resolve that their entire method of writing shall be thereby guarded if they indeed desire as they ought to desire to discharge their the r duty well the antagonists of the catholic Cat bolio ok church arob have often insisted that that religious denomination ultimate ultimately lr aimed at supremacy in the political affairs of every state in the union alls a well as an in the national government rhe che accusation has as often been met by the after assertion glou that the roman church was no longer what it used top to be that progress bad been made la Is accordance with the be views of the ago and ad that the constitution of this country would be upheld by every good catholic Cat bolio how this argument oan calla oe be considered effective any longer I 1 is d groult to perceive the head bend of the church has baa declared the be non adilon ot of the church and tate state a as existing in this country inexpedient and unlawful in plain words the pope maintains that catti olice will wilk now labor for a change of this condition and do so by placing the schools school t toe be secret societies and the press under ecclesiastical influence thereby rendering the clergy of 6 the fromam church the most powerful body in tho tn state is there not in this proposition in a menace to itle constitution of tho the united Sta states tei it to is conceivable that thal too the catholics if they should succeed in uniting church and state in this country would still accord to member of other filthy the liberty guaranteed by that divinely inspired chaitar oha on itar altar but the probability is all the other way the condition of the he catholic countries of europe la is not such as to inspire confidence in the fate of this republic sh abou ifil the tinte time ever come that im it affairs are to be directed from rome bome L la in time f r intelligent citizens oili sens go wake up to a realization of a positive danger that confronts the institutions that have been si s long loag a blessing to aud and t tie 09 whole world |
