Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-04
ROME BAN COVERS
PROTESTANT WORK
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above every church and outside every
religious denomination What the
Y. M. c. a. Is and What 1t Proposes"
brochure published at the central Of
nee, Rome.)
What good can be expected from
those who. banishing from their
hearts the last vestiges of their faith,
go far from the cradle of Jesus Christ.
where they enjoyed happiness and
rest, to wander at the instigation of
their passions and of their nature?
Protection for the Young"
Therefore, all of you who have re-
date to govern the flock of the Master
are implored by this congregation to
employ all your zeal in preserving
your young folk from the contagion
Of every society of this kind. whose
good works. presented in the name of
Christ, endanger the most precious
gift that the grace of Christ has given
them.
Put the imprudent on their guard
and Strengthening the souls of those
whose faith is vacillating; arm with
the Christian spirit and courage the
organizations of the young of both
seves existing in your diocese, and
establish others like them; to provide
these societies with the means Of
counteracting the conduct of their ad-
versaries, appeal to the generosity Of
the more well-to-do Catholics.
Also get parish priests and direc-
tors of organizations for the young
to fulfil their mission bravely, and
particularly by the diffusion of books
and pamphlets. so as to raise up bar
riers against the encroaching waves
of errors, to expose the tricks and
snares of the enemy, and to give eff
f1caciOuS aid to the defenders OF the
truth.
1T will be your duty, then. at the
regional meetings of bishops to treat
this grave question with the atten-
ton it merits, and, after elaboration,
to come to the decisions that Will APP
pear practically suitable"
Mentions Some Publications.
In connection with its suggestion
that a ban be placed, upon certain
periodicals., a note calls attention to
File ct Vida Faith and Life). a
monthly review Of religious culture,
Of Students for Religious Culture, San
Reno; to Bilychnis, a monthly re.
view Of religious studies. Rome, and
Testimonio (The Testimony, monthly
review of the Baptist churches, Rome,
The decree concludes: "Metropoli.
making known to the holy see. within
six months. the resolutions and decisions
occasioned by the situation Of each do
cese."
In his statement Father Burke said:
There is no doubt that the Y. M.
c. A.. through the war funds given by
the American public, have sent their
workers into the Catholic countries of
Europe. They have done therein
praiseworthy relief work. They also
have used that work as a platform
from which to preach the doctrines OF
evangelical Professionalism. They have
claimed that they were non-sectarian;
equally solicitous of all reli gious be-
liefs. They have claimed that they
came to level religious differences
and to preach the higher Christianity.
into which the warfare of creeds
would not enter. And in SO doing they
have not only insulted; they have,
through human kindness, weakened
in the hearts of mothers and fathers
and children, indebted to their aid for
physical help, the Catholic faith of
these suffering people.
1T is idle to say that this Indirect,
unprecedented propaganda should be
overlooked in the face Of the great
need which the Y. NJ. G. A. workers
came generously to relieve. The mon
eys used by the Y. NJ. c. A. were given
for purely welfare work. They were
given by the American people. And
the American people truste the work.
ers not to permit the shadow of re-
ligious propaganda to blackel the
trust; indeed. they trusted the work.
ers to see to it that the religious faith
of every people helped was respected
and protected"