The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-06-10
How are AGED priests cared for?

How are aged priests cared for?
Diocesan priests who are incapacl-
tated from further work in the minis
try are provided for, at least as to
the necessities of life, by the diocese
to which they belong. The latty each
year are given an opportunity to con-
tribute to this purpose. The amount
received, however, for the "intrm
clergy" is never any inducement for
priests to retire from active work.
Priests, belonging to religious orders,
when forced to quit the field of labor,
are provided for by their respective
orders. These have also in their old
age a further opportunity to practice
the vow of poverty.
Is It as grieVous sin to eat meat
soup as il is to eat meat on Friday?
The soup made from meat has in it
the substance and the nourishment
that belong to the meat and is Vir-
tually the same as meat. To take
one on Friday would be, in our judg-
ment, the same sin as to take the
other.
What is the difference between
grieVous and mortal sin?
There is no real difference. A grieV-
GUS sin is a deadly sin, one that
deprives the soul of its spiritual life,
that is, the friendship of God. The
word mortal means deadly; as we say
the man received a mortal wound, that
is, wound which caused his death.
What is understood by Brightness of
matter2"
This expression is used to distin-
guish between yenial and mortal sin.
Three elements go to make up sin.
The thing that we do, or omit to do.
our knowledge of the sinfulness OF
the act and the consent OF our will.
The thing that we do or omit is call
ed the matter" of the sin. This
may be something very important,
for example, to miss Mass on Sunday
or a HOLIDAY of obligation, and then
we would have grievous or weighty
matter. On the other hand, the thing
that we do might be relatively very
trivial, such as to yield to momentary
impatience, which would constitute
matter for a venial sin or, as it is
called lightness of matter
What Is one to do if one cannot be-
Iieve in papal nfallibiity?
ANY one who understands correct
ly the position the Pope holds in the
Catholic Church by divine appoint
ment, and the meaning of infallibility,
should find no serious difficulty in
believing that the Pope is possessed
of this attribute. Quite a full eX-
position of the doctrine of infallibility
was published is this column very
recently. We can afford to give
again only the most explicit words of
Our Lord which conveyed to st. Peter
the guarantee that his faith would
never fail, that is, that he would be
infallible. First the promise: Thou
art Peter and upon this rock l will
build my Church and the gates of
hell shall not prevail against it..
Matt. XVI, 49, Speaking to all the
Apostles Christ said, duke XXI, 81.
320y Simon, behold Satan hath
sought to have you (alD, that he
might sift you (alD as wheat, but
have prayed for thee that thy faith
fail not; and thou, being once con
verted, confirm thy brethren Then
the fulfillment of His promise after the
conversion of Peter: "Simon-feed my
lambs, Simon feed my
lambs, Feed my sheep.
Ono. XXI, Is, 16, 10 If one has
studied attentively the meaning of the
doctrine and the authorities that sub
stantiate it and yet finds difficulty in
accepting the truth, ones only re
course is prayer, sincere and humble
"A humble and contrite heart Goo
will never despise." Certainly with
out papal infallibility no one in the
world would have any sufficient guar
antee in distinguishing truth from
error in matters that are of supreme
Importance to oneself. 1t is this atti
tude that gives to the teaching of the
Church the sanction of the Spirit o.
Truth, Who alone can give us the
absolute certainty that we desire OF
the question of our eternal salvation
Must a candidate for the priesthood
Vouch for the moral virtues of hi'
ancestors?
The candidate for the priesthood
is Judged on his own merits.
he is found worthy, he will be &C
cepted.
Is one obliged in conscience to MAKE
known to the proper authorities ;
scandal of which he is aware?
If one is certain that a serious
scandal exists and believes that HI
can remove it by making it known t.
the proper authority, and if he cal
notify the authority without yer.
grave inconvenience to himself, he il
Obliged in conscience under pain o
grievous sin to do so. He woult
otherwise be approving of the scan
dial and be making himself virtual.
an accomplice in the sin.
In how far is one free to follow TIL
dictates Of ones conscience in dis
corning right from wrong?
Our conscience is the most intimat