The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-12-25
The Pope's Grievance

EoPt Leo ALL vas griefed De-
cause the Methodists established
missions and schools in Rome and
papal organs denounced their pres
enoe as "an insult TO the holy
father" The NoriA-Wesiern Chrst-
tan AdrOoaie, ten years ago, printed
an editorial on The Pope's Gney-
tnoe Against the Methodists," and
quoted the Tablet. the leading Ro-
man Catholic organ in London at
that time, as follows:
"The holy father was moved By his
own PASTORAL solicitnde 10 give such
prOmincnoe 70 Catholic defense against
the bcretical PROPAGANDA He acted on
his own initiative and his words were an
agreeable surprise 10 thosc who are direct.
ing the work. II is the lowest form Of
proselytism, which would not be tolerated
BY public opinion In England, that Is
praetiocd BY English and American
Aethodists In Rome-hrcad and butter
and blankets for the poor people In re
turn for their apostasy from tho faith OF
their fathcrN They take advantage OF
the extreme poverty which prevails and
use unblushing bribery 10 induce destitute
families 30 silence the admonitions Of
conscience. IL is new experience for
the pastors IN Rome 20 Sc tho faith Of
their dock imperiled and, perhaps Il is
not 20 bo wondered at that the parish
priests, Eealous A. they are, have not vet
realized the full danger Of the situation. -
Today Pope Benedict XIV is.
grieving in the same way. Rome
will see her children starye for want
Of mental and physical food rather
than let them be cared for by any
but a Catholic school or charity,
and Methodists, as well as all other
Protestsnts, are called "emissaries
of Satan" because they can and do
educate and otherwise provide for
the poor and neglected children Of
Catholic Rome.
The base hypocrisy Of Rome is
too apparent TO be ignored, even by
the casual observer, for here in the
United States the Roman Catholic
authorities are pleading for ere
hgious liberty" in Mexico while the
pope is denouncing Protestants in
Rome as "emissaries of Satan" and
is branding their educational insti-
tutions as "pestilential schools"
The following dispatch from Rome,
taken from the New York Amen-
can, November 81, 1915, will show
the same spirit Of intolerance, and
hatred toward non-Catholic enter
prise, in Benedict NN as was ex-
pressed by Leo NIL:
Rome, Nov. 2s. Pope Benedict re.
ceived a delegation Of the Association for
the Preservation Of the Faith in audience
at the vatican today. Addressing them,
the pope said:
1--WE would 10 you great wrong,
children, IL we did not believe you fully |
conscious that faith is treasure more |
precious than worldly goods, because faith |
is the root, the foundation of n Christian |
life For this reason, we deem il super |
huous TO demonstrate that he who robs |
of faith must be given the name Of thief. |
But what else do those emissaries Of |
Satan do here by erecting in the middle |
of the Holy City temples where God 3 |
true cult is deniedi By opening pesti. |
lential schools 10 propagate errors among |
the people and diffiuse lies and calumny |
against the Catholic religion and its min.
istersi -.
These diabohcal arts are two. In the |
first plase, there are many attacks upon |
the faith Of the sons Of Rome. These
are most dangerous, because frequently |
more insidious insofar as they are often
accompanied by offers Of material ad-
vantages. Pity the poor father 10 whom
is Offered the free education Of his chill.
dren at the cost of their withdrawal from
the church. Pity the children, 10 whom
IS promised help for their aged relatives
on condition that parents and children
enroll in the evangelical sect"
When the pope curses non-Cath-
olic schools in Rome he curses them
throughout the world, for Catholi-
cism is the same today as it was
yesterday and a thousand years ago.
Catholics are the same at all times
and in all places" said Priest d. S.