The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-19
Catholic Journalist
 Visualizes Future
Influence of Recent POpes in World Events Cited By
 Michael Williams Before Catholic Alumnae

The future of the world from
 the Catholic viewpoint, from the
 personal observations and view
 point of a journalist and Catholic, layman, can only be assured in the
 present world crisis when a solu- tion is taken into consideration and
 accepted, namely, one shaped" by Christ and not by Lucifer." This opinion was expressed yesterday in a comprehensive and enlightening analysis of his subject Catholicism
 and the World Crisis" by Michael Williams, renowned journalist and author, prominent Catholic layman and editor of the Catholic weekly, The Commonweal. MT Williams spoke here yesterday afternoon at the Waterbury Catholic high school auditorium under the aus- pices of the local chapter of the
 International Federation of Catho- lie Alumnae. Thes hall was filled with interested listeners, maRy of whom were hearing MT Williams for the first time. Catholic Resurrections
 In looking for solution in the present world crisis, which he stat ed to be outstanding among all other crises the world has known, MT Williams pointed out that it is
 necessary to consider the spiritual forces underlying the struggles as well as the material facts. The Catholic tide changed in 1922, he said, and since than Catholicism
 has been going onward and upward becoming strengthened in what
 he termed a "resurgance" or new
 resurrection, begun back in the
 reign of Pope Leo XIII who sounded a new note to the world in his famous encyclicals, contin- ued under Plus x, the modest pontiff who brought so many men and children back to the com
 munion rail, also continued with
 Benedict XIV who advocated world peace, and to-day still accentuat- ing the spirit of that resurgance in the present reign of Plus XXI whose enclyc1icals are continua- ton and fulfiliment of the princi- pals laid down by Leo XIII, and
 which principles are counting for so much to-day, not only from the Catholic viewpoint but also as inn portant factors in the solution of the general recovery from the de- pression, so termed.
 Crisis World Wide
 MT Williams in his presentation of facts concerning the world crisis stated that the present conditions all oyer the world, the present de- pressfOn, stand alone and outstand- ing, and more serious than any other such panic in the history of
 this country and other countries as well. He stated that whereas other 1 depressions and panics have been economic only, the present up-
 heavel represented the coinciding | of series of catastrophies all coming together simultaneously, and occurring in most countries of the world; these, representing eco-
 homie ills. religious and social troubles of one kind and an other and national troubles of a i variety of natures.
 In contending with the evils of ! the day MT Williams explained i that there are many movements, insidious in nature, with which the Catholic church and the world has 1 to contend. namely, the various movements of young groups, among them communism and fas- cism. He warned against state ab-
 solutism which is forging ahead, and which requires the subser- vience of all within it's realm.
 MT Williams reviewed the vari-
 ous crises of civilizations beginning from early times. He defined the
 word crisis. its meaning in the or