The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-04
PAPAL BAN ON ~"
REACHES AME RIGA
IN NENGLISH FORM
Full Text as Printed in the New
York World
TRANSLATED IN ENGLAND
Papa OenunciatIon Of Organization
Books and Periodicals Mentioned
BY Name.

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the document from the Vatican direct
against the Young Mems Christian AS
sociatlon Baptists and other non-Ca
tholic bodies, and promulgated il
Rome about two weeks ago, is publish
ed In the current issue OF the Catho
lie News under date OF Feb 5
At the office of the News It was
stated that the translation wai
made in the first instance for al
English Catholic weekly and thai
the text was essentially accurate
so far as is known, no American pre-
late has as yet received official copie:
Of the document and the press bureau
/ of the American hierarchy at Washing
ton had not up to yesterday sent it tC
its service papers.
The document Is issued In the name
OF the Sacred Congregation OF the Holy
Office and signed by Cardinal Merry
Del Val, once Papal Secretary OF
State The members of this congrega
ton act as inquisitors general in mat
ters of faith and mora and, as with
other congregations, matters OF this
kind are submitted to and approved by
the Pope before being tranJmitted to
the Archbishops and Bishops through
out the world.
A careful reading would indicate
that the document was largely inspir
ed by the activities OF the Y NJ. c. A
in Rome, although the charges made
are directed against this and other or
ganizations generally, and the Catholic
4 Archbishops and Bishops throughout
the world are urged to take definite
action and let Rome know what is to
be done A drastic feature is the sug
gestion that the prelatel put under ban
by "an official act all the daily or
gans, periodicals and other publications
Of these societies of which the per.
nlcious character is manifest, and
which are profugey distributed With
view to sowing in the souls of Ca
/ tholics the errors OF nationallsm and
religious indfferentism9
The text OF the prevent translation
| follows
THE Most Eminent and Reverend
Cardinals who are Ike the writer
whose name is subjoined. inqusltors
general in matters OF faith and
morals. desire that the Ordnaries
should pay vigilant attention to the
manner in which certain new non
Catholic associations, by the aid OF
their members OF every nationality
have BEEN accustomed now for some
time to lay dangerous mares for the
faithful, especial y the young folk.
They provide in abundance facili-
lies Of every kind which apparently
aim only at physical culture and in
,ellectual and moral training but In
point of feet corrupt the integrity of
the Catholic faith and snatch away
children from the Church. their
Mother
These organizations enjoy favor
have at their disposal material re
sources and the zeal Of influential peo
pc and render distinguished services
in the different fields of benefcence;
1t Is not surprising then that they i'm
pc e on inexperienced people who have
not made a close examination Of those
works
But no thoughtful person can have
any doubt on their real spirit; for II
up to the present they have allowed
people only gradually to obtain
elimpses of the end whittier they tend,
they proclaim it today in the brochures
newspapers and periodicals which are
the organs Of their propaganda.
Their object they state, is to insure
by good methods the intellectual and
moral culture of the young; and max
ling this culture their religion, they
define. it as full aud complete liberty
of thought out7lde and Independently
OF every religion or denomination. On
the pretense of bringing light to young
folk they turn them away from the
teaching of the church established by
God, the light of truth, and incite them
/ to seek severally from their own con
/ sciences and within the narrow circuit
OF human reason the light which
SHOULD guide them.
"The principal victims of these
snares are young students of both
sexes. These young boys and young
gir1 who need the help of Others
to lead the Christion doctrine and to
preserve the faith inherited from their
fathers come under the influence OF
people who despoil them of this pre-
cious patrimony and lead them In
sonsibly today to hesitate between
contrary opinions tomorrow to doubt
all things whatsoever and in the end
to embrace a sort of vague and in
decisive religion, which has absolutely
nothing IN common with the religion
preached by Jesus Christ
"The7e manOeuvres cause much
more considerable ravages in the
souls--would to God that they were
less rumerous-who owing TO the
negligence or ignorance of parents
have not received at the domestic
hearth that early instruction in the
faith which Is primordial necessity
for the Christian
Deprived of the use Of the sacra