Show ROMANISM IN ENGLAND according to the new york sun a requa request st has been laid before the R roman 0 catholic archbishops arch bishops and bishops of the united states and canada to consider the formation of fraternities with a view to the conversion of england to the roman faith the movement is said to have originated with cardinal vaughan archbishop of westminster who laid the matter before pope about a year ago the pope care fully considered the matter and then gave it his formal sanction and blessing cardinal vaughan then issued a pastoral paW pastoral toral letter deperi describing bing the inakura I 1 tion of the new movement and stating that english speaking catholics in the united states australia and everywhere will join in the effort to lart great britain prom from a doctrinal point of view the absorption of the anglican church into that of rome supposing tor for a moment the possibility of such an occurrence would probably be of small consequence but from the standpoint of modern modem progress and civilization it could hard v be regarded as otherwise than a step backward it is not to be denied that rome if judged from the aduca dional level of the nations entirely un der her sway proves herself neglectful of the spiritual welfare of her people to what else is the illiteracy of spain portugal italy due would not na france great britain germany and the scandinavian countries have been on a similar level but for the revola eions and re formations that tore down the ramparts raised to retard the progress of civilization if this view is correct it would be impossible to view without alarm the of any protestant countr country p in behalf of rome As long as aa the different churches have equal chances equal liberty there is no ground for objection but the whole history of oc rome leads to the belief that whenever she becomes predominant the others will be crowded to the wall and pro gress will be retarded |