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Show BISHOP MATZ ON MIXED MARRIA GES. -' In his -Lenten pastoral letter Bishop llatz of Denver says some forcible things. about mixed mar'-, riages. The bishop points out the dangers of 'such marriages, under the best conditions, and says that only the gravest reasons can excuse any Catholic f rom. blame, in being a party to them. In the ease of Catholic men he has forbidden . such marriages absolutely in his diocese, and wiTl-refuse o grant any dispensation for a mixed marriage where the intended wife is a non-Catholic;" The marriage 'of Catholic women to non-Catholic men' is discouraged, discour-aged, but will be permitted under the restrictions heretofore existing. The bishop holds that. there is not the same excuse for Catholic men. who should choose Catholics for theid wives. |