The guardian., 1953-06-20
B lost ON
B A K Ed
BY MABE KOrUNTZE

"There is no defense or Sc
curity for any of us except in
the highest intelligence and
development of us ALL"
Booker 7. Washington.
BISHOP Vincent S. Waters
Of Raleigh, N. c., is a man Of
religion to be remembered. On
Sunday, May 81, Bishop Waters
and two loyal priests were man
handled by a Dixie mob of al
legged Christians, angrily pro-
testing the brave Catholic lead
er's effort to unite Holy Re
deemer and st. Benedict color
ed and white churches into one
nonsegregated congregatin.
THE COURAGEOUS Church
man Bishop Waters, has re-
uuested the Mort Carolina Di-
Ocese to put an end to segre-
gated churches according to
the new 1851 decision and pro-
gram first started by his pred
ecessOr, Bishop McGinnis. Ac-
cOrdingIy, Bishop Waters in
vited 80 cIOred Catholics of st.
Benedict to attend a white
church only 300 yards away. As
one might imagine, the result
was as if Bishop Waters had
exploded an atomic bomb.
THEY STONED the church,
did these alleged enemies of
conmunisna.' 2 They cursed and
manhandled the clergy and
would probably have done more
harm except that brave Irish
Priest, Father Timothy Sullivan,
faced the mob and barred the
way. Even so, Father Sullivan
and a young chancellor, Father
George Lynch, were hurled
back into the hall before North
Carolina law officials arrived
to aid the clergy. Satan had
entered into the people.
CHRISTIANITY, which today
stands in peril, hangs in the
balance in the North Carolina
town of Newton Grove. At
Bishop Waters first non-segre-
gated Mass there were about
80 colored, half as many white.
The second Mass had only 8
colored. 3 white. The third Mass
had only IL members, all white,
with most of the $50 members
threatening to go elsewhere.
A "Stay Away" campaign is now
underway but Bishop Waters is
carrying on.
COMMUNISM was the label
the mob tagged on the cOur-
ageous Catholic Bishop, just as
the name has been carelessly
applied to men of many other
faiths in many other walks of |
life, And this NIB which StOn-
ed a church seemed ready to
brand Christ a Communist and
all His teachings. Here was
an example of many hypOcrites !
who today loudly profess to be
enemies of communism but who
reject Christianity and demOc-
Facy she same as Karl Marx.
THE PILOT Catholic news |
paper, founded by John Boyle /
O'Reil1y, stated a similar con-
clusion on June IS, quoting a
CnsoIata Mission Society priest, |
the Rev. Dominic Artero, from
the African Kenya Colony. Fa-
ther Artero fatty stated that
the "Irreligion" of the West
ern Power paleface is the cahse
Of the troubles in Africa today. |
Rev Artero condemns the pale
face "Obvious disregard of the /
God he PROCESSES" to serve.
THE CREATOR, is, in His
own way. serving notice and
punishment upon those nations
whose people are rejecting their
religion, particularly. in the
West. The increasing visitatiOns
Of floods, wind storms and
things to come are not without
cause nor purpose. It is clear
that communism is only one
form of atheism. Western Pow
ers are in the grip Of Goddess
racial superiorities which must
be ended II the West is to sur /
vive.
SUPREME COURT Justices, /
bv their eight unanimous votes, /
certainly must be credited with /
a strong endorsement Of Bishop /
waters. the NAACP. and each /
.nd every person who has /