The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-31

What is the attitude of the Catholic
! church toward the doctrine of Evolu-
ton?
she has not spoken finally on the
subject.
Where do the ashes used on Ash
! Wednesday come from?
The ashes are obtained by burning
the palms OF the previous year.
Why do Catholics say that theirs is
the right church?
Because it is. There is no other
church that reaches back to the DAYS
of the apostles. and that traces its es-
tablishment to Christ himself A
church established by Martin Luther
has no more claim to being called the
right church than one that Mr.. Dowie
or Mrs. Eddy, or somes renegade and
apostate priest might today establish.
Either with me or against me-" said
Jesus. Either with Jesus from the be-
ginning or not his at all. So. only the
church founded by him and always en-
during is his. Many however who be-
long to those churches of merely hu-
man invention are in good faith, believe
themselves to be Of Christ's church
and shall have the reward of their
faith and their good works. But those
to whom doubt or fear has come re-
gardtng these mere human institutions
that are called churches are bound to
investigate. Prayer and a Willingness
to follow the light will bring them into
the true church. the Catholic church.
founded by Jesus Christ upon Peter.
.
Was confession introduced by the
Council of Lateran?
No: it was introduced by Christ.
When he said to his apostles: Whose
sins you shall forgive, they are forgiy-
en-. and whose sins you shall retain.
they are retained" He constituted
these men as judges. They judge to
forgive or retain only as people come
and disclose to them the condition of
their souls. They are not arbitrary
judges. clairvoyants, or fortune tellers. |
They know and judge on what an indi-
Nidual tells about himself. Confession |
mas been in existence for twelve centu- |
ries. when the fourth council of Lat |
eran made it obligatory on all Catho-
lies 10 go to confession at least once a |
year. This was simply defining the
time beyond which a Catholic is not
permitted to defer confession
Do Catholics place any faith in holy
wells or fountains?
We have evidence in the holy Scrip
ture that cures were effected by Gods
VIII at certain chosen places, Naaman.
the leper. by order of the prophet Eli
sius. washed seven times in the river
Jordan, and his flesh was restored like
the flesh of a child, and he WIS made
,lean.' The man born blind gave an
;wer to those who asked: How were
ny eyes opened? That man that is
allied Jesus made clay, and anointed
ny eyes, and said to me: Go to the
Dool of Siloe and wash And / went
Ind I washed, and I see." Miracles
ave not ceased in the church. and Cod
till manifests his will to cure in some
hosen places Of his goodness. Inurdee
n France is the most famous in our
lay. And the water of the Spring at
1ourdes, or brought from Lourdes. has ]
'een the instrument of bodily blessings
o many clients of Mary There is the
rauition OF many favors and of return ,
o health associated with the holy wells ;
i ireland. God regards the faith of ! /
he people, their supplicatfons for
eaith are granted, when he knows it is
ttlng to grant such petitions And
my may not he who has appointed wa I
er Tor the cleansing of our souls from +
III, give virtue to the water of the |
ellis. the fountains, the springs or the I
ivers. 10 cleanse the body from sick
ess?
Is the love of praise usually the ,
trongest motive in mems minds in b
eekipg advancement? t
Mems motives differ. Those who are a
overned by merely natural forces may
eek the qualification of pride in the
ossession of power in the receiving of a