The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-09

church are affirmed).
1. The Church has a right to re
quire the State NOT to leave every
man free to profess his own religion
2. The Church has the right to ex
ercise her power without permission
or consent of the State.
3. The Church has the right tx
prevent the foundation of any nat
ional church, not subject to the au
thority of the Roman Pontiff:
4. The Church has the right tx
deprive the Civil authority of the
entire government of public schools
5. The Church has the right Of
perpetuating the union of Church ant
State.
6. The Church has the right to re-
quire that the Catholic religion be
the only religion of the State, to the
exclusion of all others:
z. The Church has he right anG
power of requiring the State not tt
permit free expression of opinion"
POPE Plus XIII, in his Encyclica
January 10, 1870, says: Ceases hap
pen in which the State demands one
thing from the citizen, and religion
the opposite from Christians, anc
this undoubtedly for no other reason
than that the heads of the State
pay no regard to he sacred power Of
the Church, or desire to make it sub.
ject to them. No one, however, car
doubt which is to receive the prefer.
ence. It is an impious deed to break
the laws of Jesus Christ for the pur.
pose of obeying magistrates, or tt
transgress the laws of the Church
under pretext of obeying the Civil
law
Again, in November, 1890, this
says: GAIL Catholics should exert
their power to cause the Constitutions
of the States to be modelled on the
principles of their Church."
POPE GREGORY XII, says: "The
power of he Church is superior to the
power Of the State"
POPE MARTIN ", sent this letter
to the King of Poland. (Cormenin
Vol. II, page 116): "Know that the in
terests of the Holy See, and those OF
your Crown, make it duty to ex.
terminate the Hussites while
there is still time, then, turn your
forces against Bohemia: burn massa.
ere, make deserts everywhere, fol
nothing could be more agreeable te
God, or more useful to the cause Of
kings, than the determination of the
Hussites."
POPE MARCELLUS. (See DEGREES
Corpus Juris Canonici, part 2, chap
49,. "A hereto merits. the pains Of
fire. By the Gospel, the canons, civ.
il law and custom, heretics must be
burned"
POPE GREGORY k, (See Deere.
tails of Gregory TX, book 5, title y
GAIL persons may attack any rebels tt
the church. and despoil them of theil
wealth, and STAY them, and burr
their houses and cities"
Schaff's "Church History" Vol II.
sec. ~, says: "The secular powe,
shall swear to exterminate all here
tics condemned by the Church, ant
if they do not they shall be anathe
ma"
It must be remembered that thu
"Encycicals" Of the Pope means thai
he is Interpreting the law, just a.
the judge Charges the jury" Then
if the laws of the Vatican, the Pop,
and the Church, are to take prece
dence over the laws of the United
States, and the members of the Ro
man Catholic church are obliged tx
obey the Pope rather than the laws o.
our country, how can they claim 10(
per cent Americanism?
Following up the laws of the Vati
can, let US see what a few of thu
Pope's subordinates have to say:
BISHOP GILMORE, in his Lente1
Letter, March 1878: IF we hold oul
own amid the universal war that il
going on, we must be more united
Nationality must be made subordinat,
to religion, and we must learn that
we are Catholics first, and citizen.
next. God is above man, and thu
Church is above the state. At pres
ent, we have nothing to hope fol
from the State"
PRIEST PHELAN, Editor, West
ern Waterman, Catholic, June 81
1912: "Tell US that we are Catholic.
first, and Americans or Englishme,
afterwards; of course we are. Tel
US, that in a conflict between thu
Church and the Civil government WI
take the side Of the Church; O.
course we do. Why, if the Govern
ment of the United States were al
war with the Church, we would say
tomorrow, TO HE'LL WITH THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES; if the Church and all thu
governments Of the world were al
war, we would say TO HE'LL WITH
ALL THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE
WORLD. Why is it that in this coun.
try where we have only II per cent
of the population, the Catholic Church
is so much feared. She is loved by
III hor oh;1dron and fooroJ hxy o,o,x,