The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-19

What has this to do with the social
question?
The social question has arisen be.
cause men do not give their fellow
men what is due to them.
Give an example.
Men have q right to living wage
and fair share in the product of
labor.
Do they always get it? BY no means.
Has the Pope a right to speak with
authority on the social question? Ger
tainly he has, and Popes have often
done so.
Give an example.
Pope Leo XIII. issued many instruc.
tions on social questions.
Name one? The encyclical on 1.-THE
Condition of the Working Classes"
So the Pope is an expert on social
questions?
Yes, being as it were, at the focus
Of the worlds religious life, he has
exceptional opportunities of knowl.
edge; he is aided moreover by the
traditions and the experience of his
great Office.
Then the Pope Is kind of doctor
to society? Yes.
But why is society sick now? Gould
not the doctor have prevented it? He
tried to, but the patient would not
let him, but wanted to go without
him, and try various quack remedies
Is the Pope a clever and experienced
doctor?
Yes, he has all the wisdom of the
Catholic church behind him.
Does the Catholic church know what
is good for the patient?
Yes, the Catholic church knows man
kind and it's ills thoroughly.
Has Pope Leo's prescription helped
any one?
The encyciical has produced great
results wherever it was applied.
Name one country where it has been
especially applied.
1t has been much studied in Ger
many, and the Catholics there have
passed many laws for the protection
of the working men in consequence.
Ought it to be studied more in Amer
lea?
1t ought to be studied by all politi
clans and employers and workers. It
would do them all good Carroll
Wright, our first commissioner of la
Dor always carried it with him as a
guide-book."
Does the Pope advise friendly rela
lions between employers and work
ers? Yes, because society cannot
progress by class conflict, and religion
bridges it for all the children of Goo
who look to heaven.
How is this? If men think only o.
this life, they will scramble for its
good things. Some will get more thar
they need; others will be pushed aside
and not get enough for a decent liv
ing.
Will the ones that get more thar
is good for them be happy3
No, riches alone do not make happ,
and rich men are often very miserable
Wealth has no value for its own sake
Should rich men spend money OF
themselves only?
No, they should think of others, too
The church says they are stewards o
their riches and must use them for thu
good of others. They are moreover
strictly bound to do this. God lovet
the poor and Christ was poor himself
so that poverty is no disgrace and the
poor have God to look to.
Is it true that the church tells the
poor to be patient because the church
is in league with rich men and gets
a big share of their wealth? No, she
tells the poor to be patient because
patience is command of Christ, and
because their reward will be all the
greater hereafter Like Him, she loves
the poor and protects and aids them
Does Pope Leo tell us to restore q
healthy family life?
Yes, he thinks that is the most i'm
portant and prescribes that in this anG
other ways men should return to the
Christian ways of living.
Would the poor be better off If this
were done?
Very much. AS the Pope says:
Christian morality when adequately
and completely practiced leads of it
self to temporal prosperity"
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