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Show OUR CATHOLIC PRESS. The subject of our worthy Catholic press is always al-ways an important one. France suffers today from its neglect of a strong Catholic press. Germany, where the Catholic press is a potential power, reaps the benefit. With pleasure as Ave read the pages of our exchanges do we note the substautial progress they have made in the oast few years. There is no small gratification to find how steadily on the increase is the patronage which our good Catholic people are bestowing on our multiplying periodicals. periodi-cals. It is encouraging in the extreme to see in all quarters the growing interest which is manifested in this country in the zealous efforts made by the Catholic press, in illustrating and defending the doctrines "and morals of the Catholic church against her untiring and sleepless enemies. An old missionary once said to us : "If we could make our people a reading people what immense good could be effected." We believe this devoutly wished consummation con-summation is advancing. Our people are daily awakening, more and more, to the necessity of supporting sup-porting liberally so powerful an agency in doing good as our noble American Catholic press. Catholic Cath-olic Observer. |