The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-06-24
The columbus Citizen
Offends

The Columbus Citizen does not like the Catholic
Church There have been sufficient evidences oil
this in the past, and it was quite evident tne
other day in its editorial comment on the situation
in Agentins. Like the London Times, the CotnmouS
Citizen believes that the Church has compromised
with tyranny" in the Peronruled nation and is now
getting what II deserves.
II is amazing what ones attitude can lead one
10 believe il the attitude is constantly applied to
situation over long period Of time closed mlnd
can never arrive at the truth. Humble honest SIN
cerity must be applied in gathering news as m
anything else And ones own desires or oellets
must not fog or cloud out the truth
The persecution of the Church in Argentina is
NOT the result of political struggle That is just
what the communists Of Argentina have tried to
indicate to the world. Although Argentina is pre-
dominanty Catholic il is difficult for the Columbus
Citizen 10 understand that the Church does not
make politics in the common meaning OF the word
She has nothing to say about political form Of
government long faith and morals are pro-
tected and the people can peacefully profess their
religious faith Is that difficult to understand? We
Americans did not like the form taken by PeronS
party when it got into power. Just as We might
mot like the form taken by one or the other party
here at home Perhaps the Columbus Citizen feels
that the Church should have stepped into politics
in Argentina and because most Of the citizens were
also her members demonstrated an autocratlc
rule by telling them TO change their form of gov
ernment to like the United States.
1t is matter Of record that just soon as Peron
began to 90 out of bounds with regard to faith and
morals and the peaceful gious lives Of the people
he met instant and definite opposition of the
Church Perhaps the Citizen has been receiving news
from Peronist prepared bulletins. II should have
been evident for long time that Per0n has been
fighting the opposition OF the Church. He has had
to appeal 10 the people to Justify his regimes d
vorce legislation, its abolition OF religious nstruc
ton its banning of outdoor religious demonstrations
and its separation Of the Church and State Now,
regarding this latter there are various forms Of
Separation For instance that in the United States
about which the Church has complaints. There
the antielerical French early in this
fury. And there is the other type enforced in the
US.SR and the peoples democracies, which OPP
poses religion and The Church not only TO syste-
matte contempt by party and official propaganda
but also 10 continual interference by the state. In
other words Separation can be kind Of athestic
iursdctionalism And the Peronist type seems to
approach this latter
The Argentine Catholics have still done nothing
political They did wish to show that there is
popular will besides that of the antclerieal labor
federation meetings. The result has been the fury
of a totaarian state.
have been no trouble in Spain, trouble in Mexico,
none in Italy, none in Argentina. But the Church
would lose than she has already lost and
criticism would come from all quarters, including
the Columbus Citizen