Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-04-19
Working Glasses Deserve Special At.
tention and Protection Against
False Friends.
The Youth of Today Should
Educated on Principles
of Religion.
PARABLE TO POINT 4

Early in March there " las held in
Rome an important meeting of
Catholic Action under THE direction
of the Popular Union Among Ital-
ian Catholics" and the representa-
tives assembled sought and received
the privilege of an audience with
His Holiness at the conclusion of
their work. The record of their
consultations does not differ much
from those of past meetings, but
the present circumstances ARE EN-
inently such as make for an under
standing among those here who
have the responsibility of directing
Catholic Action on the lines laid
down by the Holy See, and on es-
tablishing their programme. That
has been done. for the results we
shall have to wait; but meanwhile
the Holy Father laid special en-
phasis in his address on two points
in such programme.
His Holiness used, as he so often
does, parable to point his lesson
this time the parable of the sower
The husbandman is never so happy
as when he sees the seed he has
sown fallen on good ground. The
present work of the Unione Populare
was to him the proof that the seed
he had sown, when he asked the
directors of Catholic Action to CO.
operate with him in social restora-
ton here, had fallen on good
ground and gave promise of fruit.
OF the many activities to which the
Unione Populare proposed to SET
its hand His Holiness selected for
special mention and praise those re-
garding the school and the condi-
tion of the working classes:
The child represents for us the
future OF society Society that is
"a. be. inasmuoh ae. It Is that, which
is being formed by the children OF
today, will have just that amount
Of good in it as is represented by
the education that the children of
today receive. Pre-eminent then is
the Importance that the children
and youth today should be educated
on principles of religion and well
doing. To that end is required the
generosity of the rich, patience on
the part of the teachers, care on
the part of all, that from a religious
basis of education today may result
in an improved future for society.
"And the working classes, who
form such an important part of so
they not deserve special
ON the part of all who are
trying to promote it's interests?
They deserve it for their own sakes
alone and on account of the trickery
practiced on them by false friends
The workingman can not be ignor-
ant that the church has always
looked on him with special affee-
ton. In our own days a Pontiff OF
glorious memory took up the cause
Of the workingman and upheld his
just claims. But it would be
great mistake to think that with
the death of Leo XIII. there was
an end to the protection of the
working classes by the church. Our
predecessor proclaimed
It's continuance in solemn docu
ments; and we gladly take the oc-
casion given us by this great as
sembly of Catholics to declare that
the Encyclical 'Rerum Novarum'
maintains today all its old strength,
because il expresses today, too, the
maternal benevolence and the
care of the church for the
classes.
'We turn then to the promoters
Of Catholic Action, who have lis
tened to our call to work with us,
and with the keenest interest we
exhort them to turn their special at
IGNITION, their special care. towards
The working classes. This is not the
time to descend to details or to
treat the question of professional
unions or Christian syndicates; 1t Is
enough, beloved children, to know
hat both organizers and organized
are close to the heart of the Pope"
The other big audience Of the
week was that given on the morn
ing of the same day to the parish
priests of Rome and the Lenten
preachers. The text OF His Holiness
sermon to them this year was st.
Paul's salutation to Timothy, 'Man
Of God" At the close of the audi
snce the preachers took the Gus
.omary oath before the Vicegerent
IF Rome, Msgr. Palica. The
preacher at the English-speaking
church of San Silvestro had not ar
rived at the time of the audience
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