The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-21


in our village who deVotes most of his
time to taking orders for and circulat-
ing copies of the Menace. What atti-
tude should Catholics take in this mat
ter or how should they treat him? 1t
seems impossible for some of them to
treat him with anything like respect.
Must we say nothing and allow this to
go on? 8. Our priests having such ip-
fIuence over their people | have often
wondered why they do not discourage
members of the Church from keeping
saloons or acting as bartenders. While
in some places this is done, in many
other instances the action seems to
be encouraged, instead of depised. 4.
Does the Catholic Church teach that
an unbaptized person, either infant or
adult, who dies is cast into hell or
only deprived of the sight of God?
I. The Church in her wisdom has
set herself in direct opposition to Free
masonry and her action is a sufficient
indication of the attitude which Cath
olics should take towards this organi-
zation. The Church is the divinely
appointed teacher and exponent of the
supernatural life and the teaching of
Freemasonry has set up natural re-
ligion, so to speak, in opposition to
the religion of Jesus Christ. This con-
stitutes Masonry sect with code
of beliefs, ritual, and ceremonies, and
as such the Church is of it's very ma
ture set in direct opposition to it. AS
early as 1888, Pope Clement XII ex-
communicated the Freemasons; and
other Popes, following his example,
have ratified this accommodation. In
many countries of the Old World espe-
cially, the Masons have been noted
for their marked hatred of the Church
under the guise of love for liberty,
and their American brethren have not
repudiated their actions. Moreover,
the Masons demand from their mem
bers pledge of absolute secrecy even
from those who have right to know
what is going on. By this oath the
Freemasen pledges himself to obey
whatever command is laid upon him
no matter what it's nature may be.
Such a practice is immoral. 2. If you
cannot devise a means of preventing
him from distributing this anti-Catho-
lie sheet, the only thing to do is to
ignore him entirely as unworthy of
consideration from right-thinking peo-
. pie 3. We are under the impression
that the majority of priests do all they
can to discourage members of the
Church from becoming saloon-keepers
or bartenders, and when they do not
succeed the blame does not rest upon
them. The people who are engaged
in this line of work are, as a general
rule, not very amenable to the wishes
of their pastors or of the Church as
laid down in the DEGREES of the Plen-
airy Councils of Baltimore. 4. The
Catholic Church does not teach that
any person is cast into hell except
those who die in state of unrepented
mortal sin. Children who die without
baptism are deprived of the sight of
God, it is true, but they are not sub
jected to suffering because they have
not been guilty of personal sin. An
adult who dies without having re-
ceived baptism will not be punished ex-
cept in so far as he has transgressed
the known law of God and run counter
to the wishes of his Creator in regard
to his salvation.
1. Does a person commit sin with
out knowing that he is SHINING? e. A
non-cathoIic asked me what the
Church was and told him it was "the
congregation Of all the faithful on
earth who are baptized, believe in one
and the same doctrine and are gov
erend by their lawful pastors under
one visible head, the Pope. Was
right? 8. A Protestant told me the
Catholic Bible and the Protestant
Bible were just the same. told him
the Catholic Bible differed very much
from his Bible and that his Bible had
been changed from the true or Cath
Ollie Bible. Was ! right? q. Should q
man become priest who feels that he
should be one, and always hates sin
and takes a great interest in studying
his religion? 5. Is it sin to be in
company with people who swear
though the person never sWears?
What sign is it for young man who
never had the habit of swearing? g.
In a debate on woman suffrage
talked against it and also against
divorce. Was | right? z. A non
Catholic asked me how the priest
could forgive sins. told him it was
because the priest had the power tc
do so as Christ told His Apostles tc
do so when He said to them: "Whose
sins you shall forgive they are for
given them" and the power passec
to all the successors of the Apostles
and members of the priesthood. Was
right? 8. A non-Cathoic woman
told me priest could make a mistake
in the teaching of the Church. I toIc
her he could not for Christ promised
to be with the Church until the end Of
time. Was right?
l. In order to incur the guilt of sir
one must know that the action which
he is about to perform is contrary tt
the law of God. %. Yes. 4. This
may be taken as very good indica
ton that, if he is otherwise qualified
he may aspire to the priesthood II
all cases he should consult his con
lessor and be governed by his advice
5. No, but it is we'll to remember thai
a person is Judged by the COMPANY he