The Irish standard., 1912-10-19
Answers Critics Who Charge the
Catholics With Creating Trouble
in all Countries.
In England in Elizabeth's Reign
Catholics Would Not Submit to
National Authority.
If the Church Had the Position In
tended by it's Divine Founder,
Trouble Would Cease.

In sermon preached recently in
the Cathedral Of Stafford, England,
Mons. Benson quoted two texts to
prove how closely war and peace
must be united by those who hold the
tenets of Catholicity.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they shall be called the children of
God"
"Think not that I come to bring
peace on earth; 1 come not to bring
peace, but the sword"
Charges" he said, "are always be-
ing brought against the Catholic
Church. When the old ones fail
such charges as that Catholics are
fools and pagans-others are brought
out of the treasury of charges and re-
peated. Some of these have some-
thing of truth in them as we'll as
something of untruth; therefore, they
are the most important; and it is
some of these that 1 propose to an
swer.
frequently made. Even your Protest
ant friend who is inclined to strain
his tolerance towards you will say
You profess to be followers of the
lxtng OF Peace, yet You are always
making dissensions.' We are told
that it was prophesied that wher
Christ should hold His sway, wars
and dissensions would cease, swords
should be turned into ploughshares
the lion should lie down with the
lamb. The angels when they told OF
His birth sang Peace on Earth, Coco
Will to Men, The Sermon on the
Mount described the true disciples
Blessed are the peacemakers, fol
they shall be called the children q
Cod We were told to love our enc.
mics. When Christ appeared to Hi:
apostles, He said: Peace be witt
you, My peace give you, My peace
leave you.'
1--WE ought to be true disciples o
peace wherever we go; yet our critic:
tell us exactly the opposite is the
case. Every country where there j!
dissension Catholicity appears to b.
at the bottom of 1t. Look at the edu
cation question, for instance.
Catholics had only been reasonable
they tell us, it would have been set.
tied long ago. Everyone would hav.
accepted the benefits of the State a.
the State arranged 1t.
Look at home life, they tell us
You find families that are not Cath
. olic agreeing that the members shall
attend churches of different religions
but the minute Catholicity steps il
and one becomes a convert, dissen
sion enters the door and peace file!
out of the window. Catholics brin,
perpetual conflicts. ..
This argument is true: Centur,
after century Catholicity has been a
the bottom of trouble. In our owl
country in that century when tn
foundation Of the country's greatness
was laid, unreasonable people VIII,
were quite at peace OH other matter
but not on religion-Catholics who il
Elizabeth's day did their duty, wer
good subjects, good citizens - woul,
not submit when national authorit!
was against the Catholic religion.
"Non-Catholics may make it
cause Of derision that we are not will
ing to submit to all authority as tn
voice of God; but a Catholic alway
keeps one subject as sacred, and tina
1s his religion.
TN the early Church it was tn
same. Those who were peace-lovinl
on other subjects, who willingl.
served the Emperor, took exception
to such a little point as the throwing
of grain of incense on pagan al
tar, for then, as now, with Catholics
exceptions were always on the poin
of religion. This charge that Is mad
against us, is against us from tn
Christian era. Go back to the tim
Of the Apostles, to the. times of 81
Paul, when the charge was brough
against him that he would insist ol
disturbing the peace Of the country
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