Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 7, 1906

THERE is a very cogent reason for Rome’s opposition to the separation of church and state in France. France was the principal source of Peter’s pence. The supply from that country, now that the burden of supporting the Catholic Church in France has been shifted from the government to the shoulders of French Catholics, has suffered an enormous decrease. So serious is the falling off in this source of revenue that there is talk of the Vatican’s being reduced to poverty. A policy that depletes the papal treasury is sure to encounter vigorous opposition.