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Show Henry Watterson on Catholic Church Writing from Rome, where he sojourned so-journed for a while last month, Henry Watterson. Louisville's distinguisncd editor and lecturer, says: "No thoughtful man can look upon the Church of Rome save with reverent rever-ent respect. Nor can any such believe that its downfall would mend human conditions. But ever since the Ecumenical Ecumen-ical Council revitalized the old feudal standards and applied new tests, ihe Vatican has changed the old lines to read : ' " 'Whilst the church stands. Rome shall stat-d: When the church falls. Rome shall fa!'-And fa!'-And when Rome falls, the world.' meaning by Rome unyielding Catholicity. Catho-licity. "The prelates of Die Vatican, many of them great m?n and all of them great theologians, are quite one and wholly sincere in the opinion that Fio Nono was right: that Leo was -ight. and that in following in their footsteps foot-steps the present head of the church is right; that Catholicism has only to stand its ground, yielding not an incn or a rod; in a word, that innovation is not only blasphemous, but impolitic. They point to the misadventures attending at-tending the Revised Scriptures. They point to the difficulties encountered by-all by-all attempts to modify the Westminster Catechism. They point to the massive solidaritv of tb r?-., i,i..i... is not easy to meet and answer "their contention, especially here in Rome itself, where the Vatican 'is so large and impressive, the quirinal so unim-posing, unim-posing, the Holy Father so great a figure, fig-ure, the king such a small one. "St. Peter's is a solar system no leps than a holy of holies, emitting a radiance radi-ance that circles round the globe and penetrates the darekst places. Venerable Vener-able pile! No man can stand unmoved within its portals or go away without a sense of awe and exaltation:" |
