The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13
QUESTIONS ATTACK
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Some Queries To Paulist Priests Re-
fleet on Faith, But All Are
Answered in Lucid Way.

Varied and various are the questions
the Paullst fathers, the Rev Bertrand
l.. Conway and the Rev. William T.
Walsh. now conducting a non.Catholic
mission in St Aloysius. church, are
iHesaired to- answer. II IS iTae that
most OF the interrogations are inspired
by a sincere desire for knowledge.
Some OF them. however, are tinged
with bitterness against the establish
ed customs of the church. Others are
weighted down with sarcasm. Some
are fraught with argument. One ques-
ton read Tuesday evening was pre-
ceded with two full pages OF fools
cap, closely written. railing against
I the church.
There Is an intense interest in the
| mission. BY s o'clock Tuesday even
ing II was almost impossible TO
| squeeze another person into the big
auditorium OF St Aloysius. so eager
are people TO hear the doctrines OF
the Catholic church expounded by the
/ Pauttsts There are FEW who come
! from idle curiosity.
Two questions Tuesday night want
ed To know if II were not true that
two-thirds OF the saloon and dive-keep.
ers attend the Catholic church. An
other asked. Doesn't your church
encourage drinking among your peo-
ple?"
"The church does not deny saloon
keepers or dive keepers explained
! FIR Walsh. The church Is a big net
that takes in all kinds OF fish. Some
are good and some are bad. However,
the Catholic church sSys that saloon.
keeping is a disreputable business
One day of the year is set aside in
which 10 specially eXhort the saloon
Keepers and the dive keepers to aban-
don their business
Another questioner wanted to know
If the Catholic form of Christianity
made The world better. FIR. Walsh
answered this by saying that civiliza
ton springs from the Catholic church
! Old.world literature and architecture
had it's inception in the church. he de
clared. Many OF the big universities
Of the old world owe their foundation
TO the Catholic church.
Ito what oyou attribute the In
difference TO the religion that prevails
in America" asks one.
The prevailing religion In America
is the Catholic religion" declared the
! priest. Indifference is the logical out
come of the followers of Luther. who
was the first Protestant. However
all churches are good. If you do as
they say"
There were so many queries Tues
day night that time was not given tc
answer them ALL FIR. Conway dis
cussed Reason and Faith He de
clared that the whole social. political
business and religious system Is bull
upon faith I'm one another. and faiti
Is the authorities upon these differen
things. Some things we must know
because they have been established b.
men VIII ohave given their lives IL
seeking for the truth.
There are those who say: i vii
not believe because cannot under
stand, " said FIR Conway. That wa
why Jesus said Unless you be al
little children. you cannot enter tn
kingdom Of heaven No children are
agnostics.
Faith sometimes depends upoT
good living The corrupt politician
the man who is untrue TO his wife
sometimes becomes SO ashamed tina
The dare not conf, SIS his sins. So h'
gives up the outward practices of re
lligion and becomes Indifferent III
looks for the evil in churches, boti
Catholic and Protestant
The impression seems to prevail
that the services begin at o'clock
They begin promptly at 1880 MANY
I'm Tuesday nights audience were late
and it delayed the services consider
ably Wednesday night, the Paults
Fathers viii discuss the Bible.