Richmond planet., 1894-04-14
MHO GAN FORGIVE SIM
S500.0O REWARD.
Voices From Many Lands.
BRO. ZACK BROUGHT TO
THE WALL.
What Catholic Ever Paid
For AbsOIution?
S500.OO REWARD.

tu Win DIO. luck = answer. NO we |
have long ago despared .of getting q
straight answer to a straight question.
He told us with impudent assurance
that Catholics pay certain sums for the
pardon OF certain SINS poor papist
taps him on the shoulder and saws:
. Bro. Zack there are 1000 catholics in
this city. Show us one whoever paid as
much as one cent and you shall have |
$500 Here was a line chance for him
to get $500 for the new church. Never
the-less there seems to be little hitch
somewhere and instead of showing us
one he tries to escape the challenge by |
saying: "Father Welbers is not expected |
to thrust upon them (colored catholics)
all the customs and practices of the |
Catholic church."
Furthermore: Father Welbers knows i
that catholics of this city are not reQuir- |
ed to conform to all the habits, practices |
and customs of his church as catholics |
in Roman Catholic cities" Without |
wasting any time with :his outlaw to |
the code of truth let me say that Father |
Welbers knows no such thing. It's a
barefaced lie.
But did Bro Zack not find these things
in book called 1.-The tax of the Sacred
Roman Chancery?" This is no doubt q
terrible argument. He found it written
IN a book; therefore it is truel He found
something in Victor Hugos' novel; there
lore it must be sol Did it ever strike
him that the nasty production referred
to is lie from beginning to end? | made
my studies in well. stocked libraries but
never saw anything of such n book.
Why not accept the offer OF perusing my
library instead of using such nasty
books written by filthy men?
But he tells us. IF thousand catho-
lies paid for absolution, not one would
| dare testify of that fact as against a
| priest, especially when ne believes that a
| priest has the power to curse a man eter
nally from the presence of God" Well,
| cannot Bro. Zack find someone who has
been catholic and cares no longer for the
priest TO tell how much he or she paid?
Will he kindly show us one 1) catholic
in this city who believes that the priest
can curse anyone eternally to hell? But
its useless to ask-him any questions; be
never answered one.
When pressed hard, he informed us
that in other cities and countries catho-
lies pay for absolution. Let me step
aside awhile, and let some Others speak.
1t is needless to say that all are white
catholics. The full names and address
es have been given to the editor.
IRELAND.
Why does the editor allow a man like
Lewis TO put things in his paper
that make it unfit for decent people tC
read? How is it that catholics, who's,
SONS and daughters are priest and relig
ious, know nothing about the scan
dals OF which he speaks? But as Faith
er Welbers has well said: "these dirty
scandal mongers think that every ON
else is as filthy as they are themselves
AS to his silly charge that we pay TO
absolution, | will only say that it i
strange, that l never heard anythin,
: | about it in Ireland or here
JAMES QUINN.
GERMANY.
/ wonder if Bro. Lewis ever read q
much as a catholic catechsm, pric
three (3) cents. If he had he woul
not make the ridiculous assertion
- that catholics pay so and so muc
for the pardon OF different sins. / al
from Germany where l lived some 1
years and / can truly say that i neve
: heard of any such thing in that country
y Why does Bro. Lewis not accept the o
y fer which Father Welbers made him t
read the books of his library? Instea
e OIL this he prefers to take Victor Hugo
novels for his authority, or books th6
Is have been written by filthy men. Thes
men being forced to leave the Cathol
church had to say something as an e,
cuse and to make living; hence the
filthy, lying disclosures" If they di
close anything it is only their own fit
and corruption.
BURKHARD HALBLEIB
o ITALY.
)f Father Welbers must have q gre,
/ deal of patience that he should both
about such a man as Bro. Lewis. Th
1T man must be very ignorant or vel
re wicked; perhaps both. ] was born az
a. raised III Italy, but never in my Ii
IN heard that any one had to pay for t
IL pardon of his sins.
ID p. BIANCHINI.
of SOUTH AMERICA.
ut 1t is very surprising that Bro. Lew
ne should make such an extraordinary {
n sertion about catholics paying for abs
go luton. / am from South America wine
w l travelled extensively, but never hea
eu i~oi. any such thing W. T
Mt SPAIN. CUBA AND MEXICO.
be / am asked to say what think abo
ne the charge made by Bro. Lewis, v
that catholics pay for absolution. Ii
o1 made that assertion in Spain where
was DOrn, peOpt0 WOulu tulnk LhdO
brains must be slightly affected. In Gu
'ut and Mexico too, where l have lived
lrd never heard such a thing. If were
ley Father Welber's place | would not wa
ell any time with such man who ma
the most serious charges without
slightest proof. How much better.
much more Christian, how much m
gentleman like it would have been
Bro. Lewis to answer the questions 6
cen arguments. If Bro. Lewis wants
ald further information (his Ignorance
put lamentable) he will be welcome to
nth on me at 1925 f. Main st.
ne Is. CABRERA
'ay-
rain FRANCE.
INT. Evidently Bro. Lewis does not kI
WIN what he is talking about when he {
the that Catholics pay to have their sins
are given. If he does, it makes it
worse, for then he tells a deliberate I,
mot hood. / came from France aud
on the customs of that country. Never
mat / hear of any such thing; it is a riC
girls lous falsehood.
&. PMoUT.
leeU- FOR MRS. j. Pilot
ONE
n of Down went McGintyl and so did
lack. He will no doubt try to get
ex- of it by throwing a little more dirt
]. X. saying that those catholics have
been instructed properly. My stateI
about the immortality of minister