The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-07-04

VAASAoA SoVaSAIy G0AA6AOUS 6eTVACsT VI
any kind whatsoever, nor shall the
government recognize In any manner
whatsoever religious holidays. All
days therefore that do not commem-
crate some exclusively civil event.
cease to be holidays. Sundays are
set apart as days Of rest for Officers
and public institutions. Article g.
No religious rite may take place out-
side the church building, neither
shall the ministers of religion or any
individual of either sex. of any de-
nomination whatsoever, wear in pub
lie special dress or insignia watch
would characterize him in any way,
under penalty Of fine of ten to two
hundred dollars.
Constitution Of 1857. Article g.
The state cannot allow any cont act.
pact, or agreement to go into effect
that has for its object the impair
ment. loss or irrevocable sacrifice 81
a mans liberty. whatever tho cause
may be-work, education or religi-
GUS VOW. Consequently the law does
not recognize monastic orders, nor
can it permit their establishment,
whatever be their design. Article27
Religious institutions shall
have no legal right to acquire title to
or administer any property
neither shall they have the right to
acquire or manage revenues derived
from real estate.
Law Of July IL, 1859, Article s.
All the male orders which exist
throughout the republic :. are here
by suppressed throughout the whole
republic, as also all arch-confraterni-
ties, confraternities, congregations or
sisterhoods annexed to the religious
communities, cathedrals, parishes or
any other churches. Article 12-All
books, printed or manuscript, paint
ings, antiquities and other articles
belonging to the suppressed religious
communities shall be given to mu-
seums, lyceums, libraries and other
public establishments. Article 21-
All novitiates for women are perpet-
ually closed. Those at present in
novitiates cannot be protested.
The acts against religious commun-
tiles are reiterated with parrot-like
monotony. We find then repeated in
the laws of Feb. Is. 1863. Sept. Is.
1873. and Dec. 4, 1873.
In respect to the tenure Of church
property, we find the following pro-
visions:
Laws Of July IL. 1859, Article l.
All property which, under different
titles, has been administered by the
secular and regular clergy, whatever
kind Of property it may be o..
becomes the property Of the state.
In 1861 the government handed
over" parochial residences, episcopal
palaces. etc.. free Of taxation. SO long
as they "were reserved for their own
specific purposes
Law Of Dec. IA, 1874, Article g.
Legacies made in favor of ministers
Of religion. of their relatives to the
fourth degree. or Of persons living
with said ministers when they have
rendered any spiritual aid to the tes-
tators in their last illness. or when
they have been their spiritual direc-
tors. are null and void.
Needless to say that civil marriage
was approved in 1859. 1860 and
1874. With the encouragement Of
the state to ignore the rights of the
Church in the administration of the
Sacrament. it is piece of gross i'm
pudence on the part of the writer's
who lament the alleged laxity Of the
marriage vow in Mexico to charge
the blame to the Catholic church.
Law of Feb. 2, 1861, Article l.
All hospitals and charitable institu-
tions, which up to the present time
have been under ecclesiastical au-
thority and managed by religious
corporations. are secularized.
Constitution of 1857, Article Sc
No member Of the ecclesiastical body
can be elected to congress. Law of
Nov. 10. 1874. Article 5S-Nomina-
tions for senator are subject to the
same conditions as are those for con-
gresham.
Here is a.goodly array of laws, ap-
proving confiscation, destruction of
personal and corporate liberty; and
unwarranted interference with relig-
ion. These laws show conclusively
just how much blame can be laid
upon the church for the state Of af-
fairs in Mexico.
We submit the foregoing to those
"glfb"writers in the press, and windy
pulpiteers in the Protestant churches
who hold the Catholic church respon-
sible for conditions in Mexico"
The conditions" are due to the
inroads made by the Oriental Ma
sonic body. cabal of anti-religoius
atheistic ruffians who have long DOM
mated the politics Of Mexico and
n1nnHoroH tho ~>a~p>