The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-05-28
Roman Catholic "(hiekens Cominu
Home to Roost!!

NU"'d'' NdsnOit ~nIskenS looming
Home to Roost! "
THE DEVILS ROMAN CATHOLIC MATERIAL.
IsTic PERvERsoNS OF THE DR-U-c-l-E-ss
HEALING HEALTH PRESERVING. NoNREcIMEkTEp
omNIPoTENT CHRISTIANITY OF CHRIST JESUS
IS REAPlNc AS PER ITS soWiNci
As per God TO ST. Paul. to "BE NOT DECEIVED
GOD IS NOT MocKED!-WHATSoEvER A MAN (ehureh
nston) soWETH. THAT SHALL He Tor thsy) ALSO
REAP"
ARGENTINE CHURCH CREATED OWN TROUBLE
PoAu HOLDS
From CHURCH AVID STATE" Monthly Review
1899 Massachusetts Ave. N w. Washington 9. D. c.
Arsenfnas ehvrehsfafe struggle is "today's Frsnk.a
stein soryfhe classic picture Of church threatened by
monster Of its creation. PoAu Executive Director Clan,
L. Archer declared on April g. In statement which Al.
analysed current developments in Belgium and German
Archer asserted that the ambitions" are CAUSING M
Roman Catholic Church in those countries TO make the
takes" II has made in Argentina The statement sntia
Equally Wrong" follows:
EQUALLY WRONG
In Lenen pastoral letter the Roman Catholic bi,hoO
Of Argentina have bewaed the fact that public servants
have been removed from their posts tby tho Psron Reum
Tor religious motives How one! The dictator who did I'M
removing President Juan D. Peron eligible for his Office
under the Argentine Constitution only upon the understand
ing that he adhersnt Of the Roman Catholic Apostolic
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the land under the system OF churchfafe union which M
Roman church itself insists uponsnd II is in no potso
to call for Justice when II shares power and Therefore
guilt with foaIitarian ruler.
There is totslarisnism Of the RIGHT and the left and
from the moral and religious point Of view they are equally
wrong. This sound observation made than SIX
ago by the Rev. Jose Maria Dvnphy then pastor Of
Roman Catholic parish in Bvenos Aires His criticism Of "vn
Christian acts Of the Peron government led dsmsss
from the church by Santiago Luis Cardinal Cope prss
OF the country who thus dvfuy upheld his end Of the
gain between church and state The cardinal also suppressed
other priests publications and activities which dss
ing TO his partner in crime Juan Domingo Peron BY contrast
Father virso Filppo. Peronist member Of the Chamber
OF Deputies could propose that the eovntry dictator
be nominated for the Nobel Prize and remain in excellent
standing as priest Of the church.
While demanding continued frssdom-snd more than
freedomfor themselves the Argentine hierarchy also
mands continued suppression Of nome stholie religions The
bishops pastoral letter protests among other things the lad
that authority has been granted TO the propsssnds Of
siden cults. who should limit themselves 10 attending iho
OF their confession. TO be able heneefoh with all facility
freedom to carry their proselytring in official establish
mems in which the Catholic element undoubtedly prsdcri
mates so as to bring aPosasy TO those Of the true faith Tho
bishops demand continued monopoistie control Of edv
according to "a national law which preseribes an sdues~
that Is genuinely Catholic" They demand that the govern
menf continue TO substitute Roman Catholic institutions
maintain the official church Establishment" in the most
Pefe sense Dictator Peron seeded these demands M
would have no objections TO his Dictatorship
" u IS wrong TO exclude Roman Catholics from pvbk
oh'es on religious grounds il is equally wrong sxes
nonCsholes from office religious grounds " II is wra
to suppress Roman Catholic prosely1stion II is sqvsk
wrong TO suppress nome ahoe proslyrafion. Father Dw
ply spoke truly There totsarisnism Of the RIGHT and
sff and from the moral and religious point Of they
equally wrong"
Events in other countries reveal that Roman Csihoa
leaders in spite OF the lesson Of Argentine are eoniinu
TO make the same mistakes motvstsd by the same smbn
The recent bloody riots in Belgium demonstrate clerical
mess to use force achieve the aim Of continued monopo
lion OF education at government expense Similarly in the
Wnees OF Germany the Roman Catholic Church Is dsmsnd
that the educational provisions Of the 1893 coneords VA
Hitler be honorsd" Al the same time, the fact that NJ
evangelical churches have Just signed an agreement with
government OF Lower Saxony for state svbsidIsion OF
tors salaries and other church sxpsnses shows that
Roman church not the only which susceptible to
'ss lure OF state support In England and the Sesndn
countries. too, sstsbished Protestant churches have
their freedom limited because Of the very feet Of their
they have suffered the violent
vsrssls experienced by the Roman Catholic Church bse'
their union with the state is wstsrsddown version.
Thus history continues 10 demonstrate. over and o.
again. how truly fortunate is America in having her Ts
OF separation Of church and under which freedom