THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1305, 7 December 1911, Page 7

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. CARDINAL MANNING said"Hoiv can we conioud against these legalised and multiplied (acuities and tvuipnuions to intoxicationthis is my oiisner io tlie buna uujuigation ot ihote wuo ten us tne ministers oi religion aro noi uomg tueir pari; lei tno legislature rto its part, ana we will answer u>r me l'e.M.' •New Zealand's Legislature has donu its part; New .ieaiand looKa to the Roman Untuolic clergy to Co men's. AltCitUXsliOl' lltiiLAiM) said— "Uo have seen tnai tunc is no hope of improving in any suape or iurin tho liquor li'aine. iiiere is uutumg now to be tlono tint to wipe it out completely." i'Ai'lltit JXAnillS w wrote— "Tho question of prohibiting the sale of ardent spirits and tne many other intoxicating urinlis which aro now to bo found in our unhappy country is not now to me. The principle of Prohibition serins to mo tho ONLI' SAFE and CERTAIN REMEDY" for tho evils of intemperance. 'Ihis opinion has been strengthened by tho h*rd labour of more tnan twenty years in t.ho temperance cause." RfcS'. FATHER.HA\S said"THE LICENSING SYSTEM of the liquor traffic utterly thwarted tho third petition of the Lord's Prayer, 'Thy Kingdom Come.' "Thoy had a. terrible responsibility resting upon them as citizens of this great Empire. They had a still weightier responsibility as followers ot' Jesus Christ. . . . Sacrifice for others was tho csseuco of truo civilisation, as it was the essence of Christianity itself." FATHER JOHN O'BRIEN, of Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.: "I,would Say that No-Uccnso has been a. great success in Cambridge. It removes temptation from tho path of the young; in saves innocent children from the demoralising and often shameful scenes of tho open bar-room. Profoundly conscious of my responsibility to God for the advice I offer in tho matter, with a lirm conviction that tho interests of religion, morality, and good citizenship are involved, I say to all who hear my voice: 'Vote No-License.'" AVo can only hope that Archbishop Redwood is as profoundly conscious of his responsibility in the advico'he has offored to Roman Catholics in New Zealand. It is to be noted by all good Roman Catholics that tho Archbishop's circular letter expresses no Opinion on tho question of LOCAL NO-UCENSE." 7 ARCHBISHOPS AND 27 BISHOPS Signed a pastoral letter, which was issued in Canada last year, and which contained these words;—

"The Church, therefore, is uofc giving way to VISIONARY FEARS in calling npon her children, and in bantling them together beneath tho Standard of the Cross to -organise an energetic campaign, against one of the most dangerous enemies of relieion and country. In this she stands faithful to her olSco and to her traditions. . . .It has, above all, been reil'se'l that TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATING Tinroß SHOUT,T) «E SUPPRESSED." WHY SHOULD OUR C.VTHOLIO CWUFOJI IX NEW ZEALAND RAISE VISIONARY FEARS AND OPPOSE THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THIS NATIONAL ENEMY? ECHO ANSWERS, "WHY<-dvt