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mmmtmJesuits Riddle RedFlag of CommunismIt*n iINRiddled by the machine-gun oratory of two of the nation's well-known Jesuits* the Communistic theory of individual freedom and Russia's brand new constitution today stand side by side in Rochester's lirabo of blasted beliefs*Before an audience of 2*200 whichjammed the Columbus Civic Centre j “While the Church has been ac« auditorium Sunday night, the Rev. , cused of being anU-Demotratic, it# Daniel A. Lord. SJ., national dire?-. theory has heen toward Democracytor of the Sodality of Our Lady and 7^°*. J *the Rev. Edward Dowling. 8J„ fof ^ individual righto of the Huboth of 8t Louie, analysed ?io tm- raan *w. The divine right of portant question* underme general I ** ^ *ntJ-Gathohc dooU’in^topic of The Catholic Faces Com- j t never been flight by » rnunism. ! single theologian.The new Russian constitutionmunism.Sprinkling a generous tribute utheir foea amid the entanglementsof bftxhed criticisms which theywhich Ib claimed to contain a religious freedom clause- was ftjeposet? by Father Lord a# a Msmart docn-tossed in their path, the two Jesuits not only dissected the various which means jitat m opt***phases of Communism, but left he whot it says.hind a Catholic antidote for it:treatmentThe Antidote That antidote. Father Lord point ed out. constats of a definite pro j gram of OuthoHr Actio, and a cor-lt; responding abandonment of the 1 L’alssex Faire attitude on the par. I of both clergy and laity.; What the Catholics need in Ftter Lords opinion is d grand big scare.”Pointing lt;rst the warnings soundJed by the Pope against the onrual of. Communism and radicalism. Father Lord declared:‘The Holy Father Is going Into ‘ nis grave worrying over the apathy I of Catholics.During t*.ie question period which followed the talks. Fathers Lord and Dowling swung thoif oratorical scythes to and fro In a field of mis conception uprooting such populai fallacies that Catholics favor fascism that the Church In a hellovw in the divine right of kings and that the Chuixvi is opposed to Dem-: ocratic forma of government.; Liberty Too Precious| Taking aa his subject the stand ,that The Communist Cannot Be 'Spiritually Free/’ Father Lord declared :We may admit that communist* are in all sincerity fighting tho battle for the poor man We may believe that they wish to shore thewealth of the world. But there are things too precious to ho sold for a square meal apd one of them it libertyCommunism would deny God. religious freedom and free will and asks us to accept the domination of one boss. the proletariat state, which in Russia means the domination of iao.000.000 by the 2,000,000cneraberB of the Communist Party ‘The least known thing in the Christian world is that next to souls- liberty ta the thing nearestFather urd pointed out that the new constitution, to the same paragraph, grants “freedom to perform religious rues*' (not rights* and “freedom of anU-rellgioua propaganda.” yet forbids religious e.iuontion and the right to propagate religion. .* \ ?$100*000 in TakesExemplifying this ^l-daro-yotMo^ open-a-church” attitude, FalhftVLord declared that waert to tho U, S. Embassy wonted ic build a $4,000 Protestant Church Uie government of the Soviets told them to go ahead But to build that church they *aad to pay $100* 000 in taxes, axaseamenta, fine# on€leviesThe Jesuits declared that theonly true Communism in Lie world Is Catb•iolictsm. adding:Vm more of a Communist than any Communist In this ftudUnce because I am a member of a religious order which pools everything, J own nothing and the community owns all. t did It ttook a vow of poverty* because 1 wanted to destroy ray liberty.1'Brands of CommunismFather Lord declared that while he loves to debate, he find* it hard to do eo with a Communist becausehe doesn't know w .ist bind of Qpm* snuaism the particular Communis* Is advocating. He pointed out that there are numerous kinds of Communism—anti-God, economic and other brands.He summed op Communism as“the establishment of a dictatorship of the proletariat by the fomenting of Civil War through the Third Internationale.'Father Dowling, speaking underility for“Catholic Responsibility for Com*munUm pointed out that many of the aims of Communism such a* aiding tho downtrodden, art admirable, but should be achieved through the exorcise of the proper functions of the democratic formto the heart of the Catholic Church The Oh arch has had little qnar-1 of government He sold:re! with just government. C’.mrch- ■ Oor ReopeatibJlltymen have declared that a Pemo-' ‘The greatest obstacle to Democ* erotic form of government corner racy is the delusion that wa have perhaps closest to the brotherhood It. Too much of our Catholic re* of man iiigioue thinking Is self-centered.Church Fav»r» Democracy 1 (Continued on Page 5)
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Rochester Catholic Courier
Rochester, New York, US
Thu, Dec 10, 1936
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