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CARDINAL BOURNÉ.

AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

NO SYMPATHY ON MORAL

QUESTIONS.

UNFOUNDED CHARGES. Accusatione of unfairness and unfriendliness; of the levelling of unfounded charges; and of want of sympathy on moral questions were made by Cardinal Bourne recently against the Church of England

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster was speaking at Edinburgh. It was on the ques tions of divorce and birth control that he accused the Church England of apathy.

of

He further told Roman Catholics that where religious conscience and polities couillet conscience should prevail.

Cardinal Bourne, after stating that he would endeavour to satisfy the questionings of Roman Catho Bles with regard to the various political parties to which they might belong, Hald: "It will be generally admitted that the Conservative ia in closer und more intimate Party contnet with the Established Church of England than either of the other political parties.

"These false statements have been refuted again and again with the statement of the true facts. Yet they have been repeated, and those who uttered them rarely have the honesty or courtesy to apologise for their mistakes.

"These are some of the considera. tions which a Catholic must take into account when he determines to act in harmony with the Conserva- [tive Party in this country. There are paths in which ho must walk very warily If he is not to be led astray.

Struggle with Liberals.

"As regards the Liberals, the dif- ficulty seeria Atill greater. We can- not forget the events of 26 years enormous Liberal ago, whep an majority was used in a prolonged endeavour to do permanent injury to the cause of definite religions teaching.

happily, resisted and finally over- me, but we owe no gratitude to the

Liberal leaders of that day for their attitude towards the Catholic Church.

day "I particularly recall the when I saw Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman (the Liberal Prima Minister), who spoke to me with such frankness that until to-day I have hesitated to make publie his very minating remarks,

pointed out to him that the Government would inflict serious injury on the most ancred Interests of the Catholic Church. He "I regret to have observed how

plied very simply, We have been Noncon- very apathetic the Church of Eng-put into power by the tand often appears in ulding those formists, and, we must produce interests about which the Cathalle legislation that will satisfy the Church is deeply concerned.

Nonconformists. If you, by your "We find very often, among our efforts, can bring about a change Anglean friends, a want of sym-in public opinion, then we shall be

•pathy on moral questions, such as quite prepared to after our present Birth provention and divorce, which attitude. astonishes it*

"A few years ago the Catholic Church naserted her position on this mniter of birth prevention at the fcost of much anxiety and expense An appeat was then made to the leaders of both the Established and Nonconformist bodies for syrupathy and assistance. There was

somo lateal, nimost consented, and shy sympathy, but it never took

any practical shape.

"Faise Statements,” "The same may be said of the school question. The Church of England gives us little encourage ment when we are fighting that never ceasing struggle for the non- provided schools, ty its rendiness to surrender schools it weakens the whole position.

re-

"I am very much afraid that the Nonconformist influener is still very hostile to our Catholic schools, fan that that influence is still! potent in what remains of a geral politiet party."

The Labour Party. Referring to the Labour Party. Cardinal Bourne said:

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Catholic why # that they are Socialists

in the

should not belong to any one of technical sense thing which no these parties. true Catholle can be.

Pupe's Encyclical. "Thus here, too, a Catholic is

be "Another question will now obliged to walk warlly, and, while

asked me: Has the Holy Father's accepting in general sense the policy of the party to which he be Encyclical caused you to change Inngs, must carefully guard him your mind in any way? I see no self against any theory or action mind. On the contrary, I think the reason whatever for changing my which contradicts the teaching of Encyclical, if I understand it right- the Church, or which is contrary to

"To my mind, the Conservative leadership of the House of Lords on the cension of the recent Educa- tion Bill was deplorably inefficient, and it was unredeemed by any elleieni Anglican action.

the dictates of his own conscience.fully, confirms whit I have already A great "He must not hesitate to asserti."

Car- The Encyclical, continued opportunity of establishing just the rights of his conscience frankly principle was lost by political and courageously.

dinal Bourne, dealt with Capitalisin Recently we manoeuvring.

fidelity to conscience on the part to the fact that few members of have had noble examples of the quite as much as with Socialism.

Two years ago he called attention of Catholle Labour members of Parliament.

some matters the Church of England is not only not helpful but also definitely unfair and unfriend ly. Time after time leaders in the

be

the Labour Party, and certainly no Catholic member of that party, would deny the right of private ownership or preach class warfare. the two points generally associated with Socialism.

"A question which I shall Church of England have not re- asked is. "Is n. Cathelle free in frained from making unfounded once to o Conservative, or charges against the Catholic Church Liberal, or

a member of the with regard to declarations of Labour Party? I treated this ques nuility, and have not hesitated to

The Holy Father had given them tion very fully at meetings held in insinuate that the judicial tribunals East London in January 1925, and

deeper analysis of Socialism than

the of the Catholic Church are

In again in January 1929, and I said that by indicating that thenced in such matters by purely then that, with the limitations orrors in question were symptoma which 1 have already set down, I of the disease rather than the dis-

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