The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-04
GOVERNMENT
/ THE VATICAN

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byma soRGE D. COLEMAN.
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issl an entire misconception
sss .s:ss s s:ss Iited States Of the rela-
is.s..,' isS.,' the italian government
hurch Of Rome. There isl
> Of the church and state
The churches Of Rome
the vatican became gov.
o. o. property and some we're
e auction, and a Catholic
IAN be changed into Prot
lurch or an armory or fac
Il hout the o. K. Of the pope.
iavs carriage by a, priest. alone
Nj e y the civil marriage, is not
'eaS sssssSS33zed. AS fast as the old nuns
ltss':. no new nuns we're created,
,aSod S HEN the old nuns die of, the
byern rs are turned over to public
WiIsonA woman who wants to get
rust pf q convent need not 60 to
Eutocrais in the United States and
psteads done in Illinois a few years
AmSneither do the officers Of the
I,,,s@ ae1 @ hunt down and return any
Il than escaping from a convent as
Figugpne here in the U. S.
ion; HE present king Of Italy wat
Eace Iatr ried BY the mayor Of Rome al
/ u city hall and no priest Of Rome
heI 1 any thing to do with it. Par.
hel records have no legal standing
n births and marriages must b
Clustered iby the civil registry a
kde3 mayors Offices, and deaths a
In Private schools are allowed, bu
,nhe government agent uses the righ
leo entor and inspect any Of thes
tfhstitltions. Here in the U. s. tn
q most blatant priests have refuse,
ieesupervision and advocated resist
Vance }hy force. No priest woul
Idare ITO voice such an opinion i
AJtalf. No private institution Q
sedncation issues certificates, the
mpsE pass the government commits
sion@ and no priest, nun, or lnernbe
Aof 3 Roinish order can teach in an
Aphblic or government school j
EsalR Here in the .. s. Romis
u thools draw Npublic money, bot
Ibbderal and state. That would M
p1e allowed in any way in Italy.
i.1 There are no chaplains proper i
1eidhe Italian army. At q milital
muneral in Italy there is no prizes
prEross, or Romish symbol, but the
E;fan be requested and permitte,
EaNhen Romish rites are requeste
aolfor a military funeral, the guar
the Italian flag remain ou
kide of the church, and that part !,
HE funeral is a personal matter
which the government will take l
Apart. Here in the u. s.. q prize
ae ae refused to allow an American fl,
l,rko enter the church and stripped
-tfrom the coffin Of q Grand Arm
lbIfuneral and the Grand Army hi
n Ito petition for the privilege Of ia
bljng an American flag inside Sof
tlIsoinish church. In Italy the 20
Elernnicnt guard win not take Italy
~ far inside Of a Romish church.
There is a very great signiRcan
/. in the fact that Italy before entt
Wing the war on the side Of I
HES, demanded the promise tn
YIA.ther the pope nor any Of 4
NJ REPRESENTATIVES, sit at the pea
}ble, and we must not be surpris
before the peace congress is OF
hear Italy has preferred defn
arges against the vatican for
skrlach incident, the blowing up
70 Italian battleships, the Goeb
Md Breslem incident and the WI
ss dispatch in the new British ,
hiralitY code, coming, in all pr
llbiIity, from a Jesuit convent VIII
khe government seized; dismantl
fthe wireless apparatus and plat
Yunder guard. "A,
n The fact is that instea91 eSeS'
being a Catholic goys .ss attsls. =, I; !
pot only entirely nssnd Is ike GO conr :
ular, but it is reag guDposed,to . drive
anti-Jesuit, Will ii know fS SHys that Trny 1irIs
eives mora lyilegt never will caul.
4 nSsss& natural and necI
~ hop'eyi Il N I'd; that 1t IN
y fsar| haitn and that
tEl Sy BENE5
feeSo - y
Roman Bishop sss'' &C !
We admire the ma EGp il. n'ns'a 1sa1
ing to face the trutlztIssss Is.s.,.. q h. h.