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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 28, 1915

Catholics Call Recognition of Carranza an Insult

THE Morning Star, the official Catholic journal of the archdiocese of New Orleans and the diocese of Savannah, and regarded as the mouthpiece of the Catholic clergy of the entire South, published, in its issue of October 16, an editorial which reads, in part, as follows:—

Mr. Wilson’s recognition of Carranza, the avowed enemy of the Catholic Church, is an insult to the Catholics of this country. It is a direct challenge to them, and we hope that not only Catholics,—but every true lover of religious freedom, for which the glorious flag of our country stands, will give him such an open answer at the polls as will prove to him that no President of the United States can so flagrantly ignore the lawful and respectful request of 16,000,000 fellow citizens without paying the penalty.

This is the only way open to Catholics in which they can take up the gauntlet thrown down by the President of the United States. It is the only way in which all true lovers of religious freedom, irrespective of creed, can show to the administration at Washington how they revere and are determined to uphold this fundamental principle of the American Constitution.—Quoted in Washington Post, October 17.

It is evident that the Catholic Church intends to make itself a political factor in America.