The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-08

modern scientific inventions of man.. Divorce, adultery, all the basest vices are extolled or at least shown in such colors as to appear free from all reproach,' the pope said. The pope devoted much attention to education of young people for married life, advising them to choose their partners carefully because "the basis of happy or unhappy wedlock Is prepared in the souls of boys and girls during adolescence" He de- plored conditions, which, while re- sulting in ready and bountifuP' aid for unmarried mothers and their children, have failed to give or gave "almost grudgingly' the same aid to married mothers and their chill dren.
 The encylical said the "wife should be subject to the husband but emphasized that such does not deny her liberty nor bid her obey requests not in harmony with reason. Subjects Dealt With The encyclical, dated Dec 31. con- tained 16,000 words. It dealt with
 the following subjects: Marriage and divorce. Experimental and companionate
 marriage.
 Use of contraceptives and surgical
 operations in abnormal cases. | Eugenics, particularly sterilization of the physically and mentally unfit.
 Sex education; the emancipation | of woman; a wife's obedience to her | husband.
 Reference was made to non Cath olic countries where the word obey | Is omitted from the marriage ser vice.
 The encyclical may be divided into three heads-First, the dignity Of Christian wedlock; second, the er-
 TOTS of opponents Of Christian we'd 1 lock-; third, ways of overcoming op- position to .wedlock as sanctioned by | the church. Child in First Place The child occupies first place among the blessings of marriage, the encyllcal said in referring to conjugal fidelity and the sacrament al nature of the marriage contract. It added that the duty of parents was not concerned solely with be- getting children, but also with their education.
 The encyclical also discussed ma
 ternity work. social revolt. and the
 relations of church and state in the support of moral law. 4
 "Conjngal fidelity requires sa-
 cred loyalty, one to the other. bound
 by true love, the encyclical said. "rhe wife should be subject to the husband, but this subjectiOn does
 not deny the liberty which fully be-
 longs to woman in view of her dig
 nity as a human being and her noble office as wife, mother and com
 panion.
 "Nor does it bid her obey her hus- bands every request when such IS not in harmony with reason. Fidelity forbids exaggerated H. cense. which is not in the best in- terests of the family.
 Marriage requires on the part Of the wife noble obedience Attacks Marriage Abuses l The encyclical vigorously attacked abuses of matrimOny.
 "To-day. not secretly but openly | with all sense of shame put aside | now bv word and again by writing, | by theatrical works of all kinds. by romantic fiction, by amOrous frivol- ous novels, by the cinema portraying vivid scenes and by radio broadcast,
 in short by all modern scientific in yentions of man. the sanctity or
 marriage is trampled and derided.'
 "Divorce. adultery, all the basest vices are eXtolled or at least shown { in such colors as to appear free from all reproach and infamy,' the en-
 cyclical said. | It referred to the attempts or moderns to relegate the doctrine or
 Christian marriage to the past with
 other so-called old fashioned and immature opinions of the ancients.
 The encyclical attacked divorce
 and assailed the opponents of the
 theory of the divine origin of mar riage as tamperers with a sacred in | stitution.
 The encyclical attacked "the CT
 TOTS of the day" particularly those
 affecting the begetting of children.
 "Sins openly departing from the
 uninterrupted Christian position
 have led some recently to judge possible and to solemnly declare an-
 other doctrine regarding this ques- | tion," the encyclical said. This passage apparently referred
 to the Lambeth conference resolu-
 tions regarding birth control.
 Catholic Church Stands
 "The Catholic church. whom God
 entrusted with the defense of in-
 tegrity. purity and morals. is stand
 ing erect in the midst of the moral
 ruin surrounding her, In order that
 she may preserve the chastity of the nuptial union from being defiled by | this foul stain.
 "She raises her voice as a token of divine ambassadorship through out mouth and proclaims anew that | any use whatever of matrimony ex- ] ercised in such a way that the act | is deliberately frustrated in its na- tural power to generate life is an offensc against the law of God and tha laW. Of uatilrp.