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...President, the Constitution of the U. S. bestows enormous discretionary powers; in the case of a conflict between the laws of Church and State, a Catholic Presi dent might be forced to deviate from his oath of office, or his allegiance to the Church. According to Roman Catholic law, education is a religious activity and be longs to the Church ; in U. S. theory it is a secular activity and belongs to the State.* According to the Roman Catholic Church (Pope Leo XIII): "It is not lawful for the State ... to disregard all religious duties or to hold in equal...
...Significant of Papal willingness to cooperate in the furtherance of human rectitude, was the drawing up and presentation to the Italian Chamber, last week, by a Roman Catholic Deputy of a new law vigorously suppressing pornography and salaciousness of every sort, on the stage, on the cinema, newspapers, books, phonograph records, paintings, sculpture, advertisements...
...Pleasing to the Holy See was a despatch from Chile, last week, announcing that the Archbishop of Santiago, Monsignor Crescentio Errazuriz, had so far prevailed on the Chilean Government to modify its Constitutional attempt to suppress Roman Catholic instruction in the schools that hereafter such instruction will be optional with the parents of pupils. It will be imparted not by State paid teachers; but by priests whose expenses must be defrayed by the Church...
...warm-hearted Czecho-slovakians, including a few Roman Catholic priests, celebrated a, national holiday in honor of John Huss-the greatest religious reformer between John Wyclif and Martin Luther. Thereupon, Pope Pius XI grew vexed at such heretical festivities, broke off relations with Czechoslovakia, recalled the Papal Nuncio, while Prague recalled its Minister at the Vatican. Last week the Papal heart grew warm. A message hustled from Rome to the Czechoslovakian Episcopate, accepting Czechoslovakian reasons for participation in the Huss celebration, hoping that a reconciliation could soon be reached. Many Czechs are Roman Catholics, but they are also Bohemians...
Died. Most Reverend Robert Seton, 88, Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis, Egypt, senior Monsignor in the U. S., head of the ancient Scottish family, Setons of Parbroath; grandson of Elizabeth Seton, eminent Roman Catholic who founded the U. S. Sisters of Charity; as the result of a slight shock; at St. Elizabeth College (also founded by his grandmother) near Morristown...