The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-08-15

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Villareal gave as his reason for
this the charge that the confessional
and the sacristy in Mexico had be-
come menace to morality.
The decree, Issued in Monterey,
makes the following orders for the
government of Catholic schools and
churches:
All foreign Catholic priests and
Jesuits of whatever nationality will
be expelled from Nuevo Leon.
OF the remaining Catholic priests
those who cannot prove their COM
plete abstention from politics will be
expelled.
Churches will remain open daily
from 6 in the morning until 1 in the
afternoon. Only priests having per-
mission to do so will be permitted to
ofhciate.
Confession is prohibited.
The public is prohibited from en-
tering the sacristy.
All Catholic colleges shall be
closed which do not obey the pro-
grams and texts ordered by officials
and which they do not have at their
head some professor who is gradu-
ate of the normal schools of the
country. who will be responsible to
the government for any infraction of
the rules.
Any infraction of these laws will
be punished by a fine of 500 to
$500 and arrest and Imprisonment
from two to four months, or both
fine and Imprisonment.
Monsignor Connolly, active head
of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in
the absence of Archbishop Glennon,
who is in Europe, speaking of the
order. said:
1.-THE movement headed by Villa,
CarranZa and the Constitutionalists
is not a democratic movement, but
an religious one. 1t is a move
ment against religion and the
church, and not one for the uplifting
of the people.
"All the civilization the Mexicans
have comes from the church and the
peoples contact with the priests and
missionaries of the church.
Asked if the Mexican Catholic
church is in good repute with the
Vatican, the Monsignor said:
eyes, the church in Mexico is in
good repute, and is as dear to the
Holy Fathers heart as is the church
in the United States.
THE Bishops and priests in Mexi-
co try to do their duty, as do the
Bishops and priests in the United
States. They work for the interests
of the people, just as we'll as they
do in this land.
"Mexicans have political prefer
ences just as Americans have, and
they surely have the right to their
preference. The Constituencies
are trampling down these rights
rough-shod. ~Se.~.
''To show the difference between
the Constitutionalist soldiers and
American soldiers, say, during the
Civil War, just contrast it for your
self.
when either the Federals or
Confederates marched into hostile
territory, they were met with jeers
instead of cheers, did they shoot
down the non-combatants? Did they
try to drive the innocent and the
helpless out of the country, as these
Constitutionalists have done, when
they expelled priests and religious,
or killed them outright? OF course
not. In no civilized land is savage
cruelty permitted.
Speaking more directly on Villa
reals drastic measures against the
church, Msgr. Connolly said:
"It is very evident to me that VIII
lareal is deliberately adopting the
policy of persecution, and he will go
the way of all prosecutors. History
shows that way clearly. Persecution
never pays.
1.-THE faith that makes martyrs
will survive. Instead of Villareal
abolishing the church in his Prov
ince or State, he will find himself