The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-02-22
Pastoral Letter of Catholic Bishops
and Archbishops to Clergy and Laity
Will Be Read In All Churches Today

Tho pastoral letter ~ the arch
bishops ana bishops % ihe tnitcn
States ip lhe clergy AMI laty ~ their
charge viii be read 10 Roman CAfhylic
CHURCHES ihfuuEhoui the lnitcd States
induN tn, l0ttcf states IN the hcgn-
ulnH that thirty five years have
elapsed Hlwo the fathers ~ the third
uiennfy council nf Baltimore addressed
their pastoral letter 90 the faithful
nf their charge ana declares That the
interval haH hrrn marked hy events ~
ai-fcBchlug import fur the welfare
~ mankind The greatest Of these.
according tn the letter. the world war.
The t.rs, subject treated ny The con
ference in ifs mcss,Tc is Catholic cd
ucation 60 which b II declared we
rcf,f with pride aud gratitude 10 tho
growth ~ our catholic schools" which
~ "an evidence OF the interest which
YOU take 800 The chnrtiun education ~
Your children u rs declared thnt by
tho. CLERGY aud inity supporting the
Catholic schools that most valuable
service D. rendered both 90 the church
ana 90 tho country" and that there In
"lu morn genuine patriotism Win "a
view ~ enlArelng The opportunities Tor
higher education through Catholic In
himfluue the Holy Sec n ia suited.
hns established tho Catholic university
ns 70 center for Catholic schools ana
colleges.
The letter continues by STATING that.
I'VE went into the war and ended a. III
any material sense, we had nothing 10
gain We fought To mako the world
better pince for all mankind tn
proclnlming our purpose we held up
our country ana its institutions as the
hope of huma iity The pledges that
We Enbc must be redeemed
Though the wnr D. ended our coun-
tlN is not yet restored 90 its normal
condition. ON every side There is un-
resi- and agitation. Tho conflict Of
class makes progress impossible. ItI
threatens 90 undo the aplcndid Things
which the union OF nil our people ace
cumpliHhcd IL ls importing ouf coun
iry the very cviia which brought Eu-
rope 90 disaster n America ls a. bee
preserved FOR H. own sake ana Tor the
sake Of humanity remedy must be
found for our present situation.
Other Subject Treated.
Tho ntber subjects treated zoo the
letter are Need OF solid Fuunda-
ton both for the church and the ma
ton 'rho wars First Lesson Jus /
rcc ana Charity Marriage and Di- /
vorcc.' "The wider Social Relations.
industrial Relations" "Roorganiza. !
ton" Foreign Missions" Needs Of
the Holy Soc" and "Thc National /
Shrine
Under the caption OF industrial Re. /
lations' the letter declares that fall |
urc of capital and labor 10 reach an /
agreement Is due iu q large measure /
To the supposition that class is natural |
lv hostile 10 class. ~ truth each leeds /
the other. Capital cannot do without /
labor nor labor without capital This
is obvious. but the more important
point rs that capital and labor are
bound by mutual obligations not /
simply by mutual reeds on interests.
I'm this whole question. the mornii
value ~ man and tho dignity of hui /
man lnhor are cardinal points. Hvl
treating the lnbOrer az a man. not as Il
machine tho employer viii make
MN a. better WorkllE man. BY re- /
spccting his own moral dignity as a.
Inun. thc lahorcr VIII compel the re- |