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Show Smashing the Catholic Church. The Socialists of the United States have declared war on the Catholic church. Because Catholic priests and editors have opposed Socialism, the Socialists So-cialists have taken umbrage and have set out to do what the devil has failed to do, although he has been trying this nineteen hundred years, namely, to smash the Catholic church. A letter received by us asserts that for years the Socialists of this country have maintained a dignified siience in the race of attacks from Catholic priests, but that now silence will give place to action, or noise, as the case may be. "Dignified" silence is good. We had not noticed either the silence or the dignity. However, the war is now on so the Socialists So-cialists say. Forbearance, they declare, has ceased to be a virtue, and from this forward, it is war to the knife. The first step taken by the Socialists In the work of crushing the Catholic church is to resurrect some stale old stories which were set afloat about the Spanish friars by sore-head Katlpuno Filipinos, some seven or eight years ago, but Instead of injuring the Catholic Catho-lic church, instead of inducing miy Catholics to leave the church ,nd become be-come Socialists, this piece of dirtv work on the part of the American Socialists will result onlly in driving out of the Socialistic ranks many who mistakenlv believe that Socialism Is an economic, question simply having nothing whatever what-ever to do with a man's religious affiliations. affil-iations. We prophesy that the filthy weapon of the Socialists will prove itself it-self a boomerang, and will injure them and their cause more than the Catholic church against which it is flung. Sacred Sa-cred Heart Review. |
